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单词 -cerite
释义

-ceritecomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek κέρας , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < ancient Greek κέρας horn, antenna + -ite suffix1. Compare -cerous comb. form.
Zoology.
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(No longer productive in English.) Originally in the terminology of T. H. Huxley: forming nouns denoting a segment of the antenna of an arthropod, as carpocerite n. at carpo- comb. form1 , ischiocerite n. at ischio- comb. form b, merocerite n., etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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