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单词 angiostomous
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angiostomousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin angiostomus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin angiostomus (1754 or earlier; < angio- angio- comb. form + ancient Greek -στομος mouthed < στόμα mouth: see -stome comb. form) + -ous suffix. The meaning may have been influenced by association with classical Latin angere to compress (see angor n.).
Conchology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of a univalve shell: having a long, narrow opening.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Angiostomous, applied to shells which, like the Cypraea, have a straight opening, nearly the entire length of the shell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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