单词 | manducatory |
释义 | manducatoryadj. Now rare. Of or relating to the action of chewing; of or relating to the action of consuming the consecrated host at the Eucharist (cf. manducation n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > jaws > [adjective] manducatory1814 gnathic1882 gnathal1888 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > relating to chewing masticatory1611 manducatory1814 1814 School Good Living 40 Their noble perseverance, in fulfilling with so much courage their manducatory functions. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 66 The framework through which an important class of functions, manducatory and respiratory, are performed. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 110 [It] consists of the manducatory ganglion fused with one thoracic ganglion. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 256 The..manducatory appendages (gnathites). 1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) i. 54 She had a manducatory problem which kept her awake at night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1814 |
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