单词 | exite |
释义 | exiten. Zoology. A lobe present in the limbs of some crustaceans, extending from the dorsal side of the coxa (in early use spec. that of a phyllopodium). ΚΠ 1881 E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 21 348 Those ranged along the ventral or neural border of the corm being called ‘endites’, and those given off from the dorsal border being called ‘exites’. 1893 A. E. Shipley Zool. Invertebr. 260 The axis ends in a sub-apical lobe, and carries on its outer sides two exites. 1963 G. A. Kerkut Borradaile & Potts's Invertebrata (rev. ed.) xi. 351 There is in this limb [sc. the phyllopodium] an axial portion or corm which bears..on the outer side one or more lobes known as exites. 2013 C. S. Wirkner & S. Richter in L. Watling & M. Thiel Functional Morphol. & Diversity I. xiv. 393 We base our terminology on the recent account by Boxshall and Jaume..who use exite as a general..term referring to any outer lobate structure on the protopodal part of the limb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881 |
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