单词 | lingulate |
释义 | lingulateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Chiefly Biology and Botany. Tongue-shaped; resembling a small tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having specific shape fingered1597 fistular1640 umbilicated1693 pectinal1705 fornicated1750 deltoid1753 linguiform1753 panduriform1753 lingulated1754 campaniform1758 augmented1760 ringed1760 securiform1760 urceolate1760 utricular1760 lingulate1763 vermicular1766 pandurated1771 navicular1793 semicolumnar1793 ungulate1802 capitellate1808 meniscoid1821 virgate1821 mitriform1824 pulvinate1824 caudated1829 vulviform1829 caudate1830 circinate1830 intruded1830 trochlear1830 scalariform1836 hippocrepiform1847 neottious1850 pulviniform1851 foxglove-shaped1856 clathroid1857 molariform1857 velate1857 strombuliform1859 calceiform1860 coralline1860 forniciform1860 urceolar1860 calceolate1861 frustulose1866 pandurate1866 intruse1870 scalar1880 meniscoidal1881 fingerposted1885 applanate1887 trochleariform1895 naviculoid1898 halonate1911 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > pointed projection horny1530 styliform1578 styliformed1578 pungent1602 lingual1650 muricate1661 muricated1707 linguiform1753 lingulate1763 triglochin1835 lingular1855 cornual1890 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. p. xxvi The corolla..is either tubulate, with the limb bell-shaped, and cut into five segments; [or] lingulate. 1849 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 7. 361 Antennæ with the third joint parallelogrammic, with its tip rounded (lingulate). 1881 Nature 4 Aug. 308 In three years..I found exactly one hundred implements, mostly lingulate examples (a few ovate). 1916 A. J. Grout Moss Flora N.Y. City 27 Plants cespitose or in loose mats. Leaves lingulate to linear-lanceolate, widely spreading when wet. 1958 Jrnl. Paleontol. 32 65/2 The ventral lobe is prominently trifid, having pointed lingulate secondary lobes. 2007 Lindbergia 32 108/1 The stem leaves are rather broadly lingulate-rectangular to lingulate spathulate in shape. 2. Zoology and Palaeontology. Designating an inarticulate brachiopod of the class Lingulata, characterized by a rounded oblong shell and a long fleshy pedicle for burrowing into the substrate.Lingulates have remained almost unchanged in form since the Cambrian period. They have occasionally been treated as a group distinct from other brachiopods (as in quot. 1992). ΚΠ 1992 J. H. Lipps & P. W. Signor Origin & Early Evol. Metazoa xii. 421 Any hypothesis concerning the origin of brachiopods..cannot ignore certain essential characteristics of the Cambrian lingulate and brachiopod fauna. 1995 Palaios 10 313/2 Archaeocyathan sponges and lingulate brachiopods. 2007 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 48 The Arco Hills Formation contains abundant lingulate, strophomenate, and rhynchonellate brachiopods. B. n. Zoology and Palaeontology. A lingulate brachiopod. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Brachiopoda > [noun] > member of brachiopod1814 lingulate1992 1992 J. H. Lipps & P. W. Signor Origin & Early Evol. Metazoa xii. 400 Affinities of the earliest brachiopods and lingulates..seem to have resulted from coadaptations of the shell-opening mechanisms and the unique pattern of the feeding system. 2000 Jrnl. Paleontol. 74 428/1 Lingulates can be isolated from limestones by etching with dilute acetic acid. 2012 P. Selden & J. Nudds Evol. Fossil Ecosystems (ed. 2) 46/2 Lingulates occur in shallow water and are infaunal, so need an oxygenated substrate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1763 |
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