discophorousadj.

Brit.

/dɪˈskɒfərəs/, U.S.

/dɪˈskɑfərəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: disco- comb. form, -phorous comb. form.

Etymology: < disco- comb. form + -phorous comb. form. In senses 1 and 2 after either scientific Latin Discophora or Discophorae (for both, see Discophoran n. and adj.).

1. Zoology.

a. Of or relating to the (former) cnidarian subclass Discophora of jellyfishes, characterized by a convex swimming bell or disc; (in later use) spec. scyphozoan (see scyphozoan n. and adj.). Now rare or disused.

ΚΠ

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom v. 77 In the discophorous forms, these are frequently appended to the margin of the disc.

1865 E. C. C. Agassiz & A. Agassiz Seaside Stud. Nat. Hist. 38 The Discophorous Medusæ are distinguished from all others by the peculiar nature of the reproductive organs.

1892 A. B. Griffiths Physiol. Invertebrata xii. 379 Individuals belonging to some discophorous species of the naked eyed Medusæ exhibit peculiar movements on being alarmed.

1913 G. R. Agassiz Lett. & Recoll. Alexander Agassiz ii. 27 Again he filled his idle moments, and devoted himself to the study of the Discophorous Medusæ so common on the coast.

†b. Relating to or characteristic of jellyfishes. Obsolete. rare.

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1879 G. Allen Colour-sense iii. 28 The..conjectural limit of discophorous vision.

2. Zoology. Belonging to the division of annelid worms characterized by a sucking disc and comprising the leeches. Now disused.

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1861 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 1 33 (title) Remarks on the Glossophonidæ, a family of Discophorous Annulata.

1908 World-wide Encycl. VI. 3828/2 The medicinal leech..is a species grouped under the family Gnathobdellidæ (with a dental apparatus of armed muscular ridges) of the discophorous Annelida.

3. Zoology and Botany. More widely: having or bearing a disc-shaped part or organ.In quot. 1872 with reference to the shape of the placenta (cf. discoplacental adj. at disco- comb. form ).

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1872 Nature 15 Feb. 299/2 The author agrees with Haeckel and Gegenbaur in regarding this last order [sc. Prosimiae] as the lowest of the Discophorous Mammalia, and as representing the ancestors of that group.

1906 G. R. Wieland Amer. Fossil Cycads 114 Of all the considerable number of fruits of Cycadeoidea and Bennettites Gibsonianus, or allied species, far the larger portion were actually bisporangiate and discophorous.

1971 R. Kozlowski in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16 314 To designate the siculae of sessile graptolites I introduce the name discophorous as they attach themselves to the substratum by a disc of cortical origin.

1986 A. Urbanek in A. Hoffman & M. H. Nitecki Problematic Fossil Taxa xiv. 212/1 The discophorous sicula has a basal disc, a means of attachment to the substrate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discophorous
释义	discophorousadj. Brit. /dɪˈskɒfərəs/, U.S. /dɪˈskɑfərəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: disco- comb. form, -phorous comb. form. Etymology: < disco- comb. form + -phorous comb. form. In senses 1 and 2 after either scientific Latin Discophora or Discophorae (for both, see Discophoran n. and adj.). 1. Zoology. a. Of or relating to the (former) cnidarian subclass Discophora of jellyfishes, characterized by a convex swimming bell or disc; (in later use) spec. scyphozoan (see scyphozoan n. and adj.). Now rare or disused. ΚΠ 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom v. 77 In the discophorous forms, these are frequently appended to the margin of the disc. 1865 E. C. C. Agassiz & A. Agassiz Seaside Stud. Nat. Hist. 38 The Discophorous Medusæ are distinguished from all others by the peculiar nature of the reproductive organs. 1892 A. B. Griffiths Physiol. Invertebrata xii. 379 Individuals belonging to some discophorous species of the naked eyed Medusæ exhibit peculiar movements on being alarmed. 1913 G. R. Agassiz Lett. & Recoll. Alexander Agassiz ii. 27 Again he filled his idle moments, and devoted himself to the study of the Discophorous Medusæ so common on the coast. †b. Relating to or characteristic of jellyfishes. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1879 G. Allen Colour-sense iii. 28 The..conjectural limit of discophorous vision. 2. Zoology. Belonging to the division of annelid worms characterized by a sucking disc and comprising the leeches. Now disused. ΚΠ 1861 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 1 33 (title) Remarks on the Glossophonidæ, a family of Discophorous Annulata. 1908 World-wide Encycl. VI. 3828/2 The medicinal leech..is a species grouped under the family Gnathobdellidæ (with a dental apparatus of armed muscular ridges) of the discophorous Annelida. 3. Zoology and Botany. More widely: having or bearing a disc-shaped part or organ.In quot. 1872 with reference to the shape of the placenta (cf. discoplacental adj. at disco- comb. form ). ΚΠ 1872 Nature 15 Feb. 299/2 The author agrees with Haeckel and Gegenbaur in regarding this last order [sc. Prosimiae] as the lowest of the Discophorous Mammalia, and as representing the ancestors of that group. 1906 G. R. Wieland Amer. Fossil Cycads 114 Of all the considerable number of fruits of Cycadeoidea and Bennettites Gibsonianus, or allied species, far the larger portion were actually bisporangiate and discophorous. 1971 R. Kozlowski in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16 314 To designate the siculae of sessile graptolites I introduce the name discophorous as they attach themselves to the substratum by a disc of cortical origin. 1986 A. Urbanek in A. Hoffman & M. H. Nitecki Problematic Fossil Taxa xiv. 212/1 The discophorous sicula has a basal disc, a means of attachment to the substrate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1841
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