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单词 medusite
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medusiten.

Brit. /mᵻˈdjuːzʌɪt/, /mᵻˈdjuːsʌɪt/, /mᵻˈdʒuːzʌɪt/, /mᵻˈdʒuːsʌɪt/, U.S. /məˈd(j)uˌzaɪt/, /məˈd(j)uˌsaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Medusites.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Medusites (in Cent. Dict.: see quot. 1890) < Medusa Medusa n. 2 + -ites -ite suffix1. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mĭdiū·səit) /mɪˈdjuːsaɪt/.
Zoology. rare.
A fossil medusa.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish)
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1838 R. E. Grant in Brit. Ann., 1839 232 Impressions, resembling in form medusæ, and thence termed medusites.
1890 Cent. Dict. Medusite, a fossil medusa or acaleph.]
1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. iii. i. 208 All these Medusæ have four planes of symmetry, and we can connect with them certain internal impressions with the same kind of symmetry, called Medusites and Laotira, found in the Cambrian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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