单词 | globiferous |
释义 | globiferousadj. Biology. Having a globe or bulb at the end of a stem. In later use: (Zoology) designating a type of (often venomous) echinoid pedicellaria which has this structure. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having globe at end of antennae globiferous1786 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 67/2 Globiferous smaller house leek, having globular offset heads. 1812 J. Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. II. 494 Geranium pratense... Peduncles and pedicles with globiferous hairs. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 323 Globiferous, when the setigerous joint [of the antennæ] is larger than the preceding one, and globose. 1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life xiii. 764 The pedicellariae are of the globiferous type without lateral teeth. 1963 Science 1 Feb. 408/3 ‘Bites’ into his finger of seven or eight globiferous pedicellariae of Toxopneustes pileolus evoked severe pain, followed later by dizziness, some facial paralysis, and difficulty in breathing. 2001 Toxicon 39 1224/1 The crude venom was extracted from the large globiferous pedicellariae as reported previously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786 |
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