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单词 ambulacriform
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ambulacriformadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ambulacrum n., -iform comb. form.
Etymology: < ambulacrum n. + -iform comb. form, after either French ambulacriforme (1823 or earlier) or its etymon scientific Latin ambulacriformis (1816 in Lamarck, or earlier). Compare earlier ambulacral adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æmbiulēi·krifǭɹm, -æ·kri-) /æmbjuːˈleɪkrɪfɔːm/, /-ˈækrɪ-/.
Zoology. Obsolete.
Having the shape or appearance of an ambulacrum, or the ambulacra, of an echinoderm (see ambulacrum n.).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [adjective] > belonging to or resembling echinoderms > of parts of > of or relating to ambulacra > having shape or appearance of
ambulacriform1837
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 259/2 Mouth sub-central..with five converging, ambulacriform furrows.
1853 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 11 155 The whole under surface is thickly covered with ambulacriform tubes partially retractile.
1879 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Ambulacriform, having the shape or appearance of ambulacra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020).
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