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单词 anguicular
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anguicularadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anguicula , -ar suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anguicula (1546 or earlier; < classical Latin anguis snake (see anguine adj.) + -cula -cula suffix; compare classical Latin anguiculus young snake) + -ar suffix1. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆ŋgwi·kiŭlăɹ) /æŋˈɡwɪkjʊlə(r)/.
Obsolete. rare.
Resembling (that of) a small eel.Used with reference to nematodes such as the vinegar eel, Turbatrix aceti.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [adjective] > relating to class Nematoda > of or relating to anguiculae
anguicular1742
1742 B. Martin Micrographia Nova xiv. 52 In Vinegar there is another Sort of Animalculæ which is of the Anguicular or Eel-kind; for they differ in nothing but Fins from the Form of Eels that I could ever observe.
1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. (ed. 3) 162 View 8 represents the Anguiculæ, or small microscopic eels in Vinegar or Paste..in all their natural motions and Anguicular Forms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).
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