| 单词 | fat-body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfat-body fat-body n. (in arthropods, esp. insects, and amphibians) a mass consisting of connective tissue and globules of fat, forming a reserve store of nutritious matter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > [noun] > member of (amphibian) > parts of tarsus1676 lateral line1740 sideline1769 fat-body1868 pylangium1874 urostyle1875 supracoracoid1897 hedonic gland1901 supracleithrum1903 prepubis1931 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > fat forming reserve store fat-body1868 1868 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 37 In the larva of insects is found the corpus adiposum, or fat-body, in the form of large lobes of fat-cells. 1901 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. 52 There is in some Anura..a mysterious organ, intercalated between the fat-body and the testis or ovary. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. iv. 113 In the frog fat is stored in special fat-bodies. 1964 V. B. Wigglesworth Life of Insects ix. 136 It may be the ‘fat body’ or the blood that is coloured. < as lemmas |
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