单词 | abranchiate |
释义 | abranchiateadj. Zoology. Now rare. Originally: †belonging to a former group Abranchiata or Abranchiatae of annelids (obsolete). In later use: (gen.) having no gills; not bearing gills. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [adjective] > having lungs or gills > not having lungs or gills lungless1606 abranchiate1831 abranchial1833 gill-less1836 apulmonic1874 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 463 The anatomy and physiology of the abranchiate Annelides [Fr. des annélides abranches]. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xiii. 195 In the abranchiate Annelidans, the organs provided for respiration are a series of membranous pouches. 1864 Lancet 16 July 72/2 This bone has been most felicitously separated by Prof. Huxley from its mere analogues in the abranchiate vertebrates. 1900 Science 8 June 914/2 The genus will stand next to Lepetella among the Abranchiate Docoglossa. 2000 Biol. Bull. 199 42/2 The thorax contains 10 to 12 abranchiate setigers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1831 |
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