单词 | mammal-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈmammal-like ˈmammal-like adj. resembling a mammal; mammal-like reptile Zoology = synapsid n. ΚΠ 1944 Special Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. 55 105 There is a tendency for the fossa to become more posterior in relation to the sacculo-cochlear recess and to assume a mammal-like position. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) ix. 52 This feature is unusual in reptiles, though it is developed in some mammal-like reptiles and in the mammals. 1968 A. S. Romer Procession of Life xiii. 235 This is the region most famous for fossils of mammal-like reptiles. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 1971 405/1 One jaw fragment was identified by Golbert as the mammallike reptile Lystrosaurus. 1985 N.Y. Times 8 Sept. vii. 28/3 The heroine and her lover..come to a planet where a vast forest has evolved with giant blooms and fruits that rely on mammal-like creatures for pollination. 1991 N. Eldredge Fossils vi. 175 (caption) Endothiodon angusticeps, a dicynodont (primitive mammal-like reptile). 1996 New Scientist 3 Feb. 38/1 Thousands of fossilised mammal-like reptiles, or therapsids, have been unearthed from the Karoo. < as lemmas |
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