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单词 malacodermous
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malacodermousadj.

Brit. /ˌmaləkəʊˈdəːməs/, U.S. /ˈˌmæləkoʊˈdərməs/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μαλακόδερμος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μαλακόδερμος malacoderm adj. + -ous suffix. Compare slightly earlier malacoderm adj., malacodermatous adj.
Zoology. Now rare.
= malacoderm adj.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hide > having a soft skin
malacoderm1835
malacodermatous1835
malacodermous1839
1839 H. Murray Hist. & Descr. Acct. Brit. Amer. III. v. 276 To the Malacodermous division also belongs the remarkable genus Lampyris, which contains the insects commonly called glow-worms.
1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 4) 639/1 Lampyrinæ, a Linnæan genus of Coleopterous insects, which constitutes the type of the present tribe of the soft skinned or Malacodermous Serricorns in the system of Latreille.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Malacodermos, old term applied to animals having a soft skin, covering, or kind of shell, and so the same as Malacostracus.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Malacodermous, same as malacodermatous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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