单词 | anenterous |
释义 | † anenterousadj. Zoology. Obsolete. Characterized by or exhibiting absence of an intestinal tract.Used with reference to certain groups of protozoans and invertebrates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Infusoria > [adjective] > belonging to the Anentera anenterous1834 anenterate1853 1834 Lancet 2 Aug. 642/2 This anenterous form of the digestive sacs is found both in the loricated and in the naked kinds of animalcules belonging to the lowest genera of the class. 1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) ii. 24 Such species have no intestine, no anus, and are said to be anenterous. 1910 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 2) I. vi. 313 In correspondence with the absence of mouth and anus there is no trace of enteric canal, the Acanthocephala resembling in this respect the Cestoda, the only other class of Metazoa which is entirely anenterous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1834 |
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