单词 | mastigophorous |
释义 | † mastigophorousadj. Obsolete. 1. humorous. Of a person: carrying a whip or cane. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that uses whip or scourge > that carries a scourge mastigophorous1812 mastigophoric1816 1812 S. Parr Let. to C. Burney 12 Dec. in Wks. (1828) VII. 418 To meet all the mastigophorous subscribers would gladden my heart. 1826 S. Smith in Wks. (1859) II. 94/1 Not what this medium boy can do while his mastigophorous superior is frowning over him, but [etc.]. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. v. 149 The sharp discipline of a mastigophorous schoolmaster. 2. Biology. = mastigophoran adj. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > [adjective] > relating to member of mastigophorous1890 mastigophoric1902 mastigophoran1928 zooflagellate1956 1890 Cent. Dict. Mastigophorous, flagellate, as an infusorian; of or pertaining to the Mastigophora. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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