hydrophilousadj.

/hʌɪˈdrɒfɪləs/

Etymology: formed as hydrophil adj. + -ous suffix.

Water-loving.

a. Applied to certain insects.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > water-loving

hydrophilous1855

1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Hydrophilus,..applied by Moehring to a Family (Hydrophilæ) corresponding to those which Illiger names Hygrobatæ; loving or frequenting water: hydrophilous.

b. nonce-word. Fond of a watering-place.

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1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 259 The crowded rendezvous of fastidious fashionables and hydrophilous ennui.

c. Botany. Of plants, dependent upon water as the agency of pollination or dissemination of seeds; formerly = hydrophytic adj. (see quot. 1898).

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > involving specific agency

anemophilous1871

ornithophilous1871

zoidiophilous1872

bee-fertilized1881

hydrophilous1883

1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers iii. 567 The plants of this order [sc. Naiadaceæ] are anemophilous or hydrophilous.

1898 R. Pound & F. E. Clements Phytogeogr. Nebraska i. iii. 67 Hydrophilous fungi..are algae-like aquatic fungi.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 437/1 Dissemination is effected by the agency of water, of air, of animals—and fruits and seeds are therefore grouped in respect of this as hydrophilous, anemophilous, and zooidophilous.

1920 A. Arber Water Plants xviii. 235 Certain plants, however, present transitional methods of pollination, which without being actually hydrophilous, show approaches to this state.

1967 C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants ix. 248 The ultimate adaptation to aquatic life is the formation of wholly submerged hydrophilous flowers.

1973 M. C. F. Proctor & P. Yeo Pollination of Flowers viii. 283 Among the most specialised of all hydrophilous species are the Eelgrasses (Zostera).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	hydrophilous
释义	hydrophilousadj. /hʌɪˈdrɒfɪləs/ Etymology: formed as hydrophil adj. + -ous suffix. Water-loving. a. Applied to certain insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > water-loving hydrophilous1855 1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Hydrophilus,..applied by Moehring to a Family (Hydrophilæ) corresponding to those which Illiger names Hygrobatæ; loving or frequenting water: hydrophilous. b. nonce-word. Fond of a watering-place. ΚΠ 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 259 The crowded rendezvous of fastidious fashionables and hydrophilous ennui. c. Botany. Of plants, dependent upon water as the agency of pollination or dissemination of seeds; formerly = hydrophytic adj. (see quot. 1898). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > involving specific agency anemophilous1871 ornithophilous1871 zoidiophilous1872 bee-fertilized1881 hydrophilous1883 1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers iii. 567 The plants of this order [sc. Naiadaceæ] are anemophilous or hydrophilous. 1898 R. Pound & F. E. Clements Phytogeogr. Nebraska i. iii. 67 Hydrophilous fungi..are algae-like aquatic fungi. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 437/1 Dissemination is effected by the agency of water, of air, of animals—and fruits and seeds are therefore grouped in respect of this as hydrophilous, anemophilous, and zooidophilous. 1920 A. Arber Water Plants xviii. 235 Certain plants, however, present transitional methods of pollination, which without being actually hydrophilous, show approaches to this state. 1967 C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants ix. 248 The ultimate adaptation to aquatic life is the formation of wholly submerged hydrophilous flowers. 1973 M. C. F. Proctor & P. Yeo Pollination of Flowers viii. 283 Among the most specialised of all hydrophilous species are the Eelgrasses (Zostera). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1855
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