单词 | euglenoid |
释义 | euglenoidadj.n. Biology. A. adj. Resembling Euglena, a member of the genus of single-celled aquatic flagellates so called, which are treated as either protozoa or algæ. ΚΠ 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 852/2 The movements now become neither vibratile nor amœboid but definitely restrained, and are best described as ‘euglenoid’. 1906 Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. 124 Euglena..shows a peculiar wriggling motion, waves of transverse constriction passing along the body from end to end... Such motions are termed ‘euglenoid’. 1955 New Biol. 19 114 Organisms..of euglenoid affinities. B. n. An organism of this kind. ΚΠ 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 857/1 Euglenoidea... Fam. 6. Astasina. Colourless, metabolic, or stiff Euglenoids. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 843 Chromatophores..are numerous, small, round, or oval in Euglenoids. 1955 New Biol. 19 119 In euglenoids without the stigma, this phototactic response does not occur. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1885 |
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