† megasthenen.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: mega- comb. form, Greek σθένος.

Etymology: < mega- comb. form + ancient Greek σθένος strength (see asthenia n.). Compare ancient Greek μεγασθενής of great strength. Compare microsthene n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·găsþīn) /ˈmɛɡəsθiːn/.

Zoology. Obsolete.

In J. D. Dana's classification: a member of the Megasthena, a division of Mammalia comprising the relatively large and powerful viviparous mammals (including apes and monkeys, carnivores, ungulates, and cetaceans). Cf. microsthene n.

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gyrencephalous1859

lissencephalous1859

megasthene1863

megasthenic1863

gyrencephalate1875

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iii. iii. 421 The Megasthenes..the superior type, based on a larger and more powerful type of structure or life-system.

1863 J. D. Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 35 70 The two groups are significantly designated (1) Megasthenes.., and (2) Microsthenes... The orders in these two groups..have throughout a precise parallelism. The Bats or Chiropters in the latter represent the Monkeys or Quadrumanes in the former.

1863 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 86 3 Among Mammals the four orders of Megasthenes exhibit in their fore-limbs four distinct grades of cephalization.

1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 526 The Placental or Monodelphian mammals are with more propriety combinable into two major groups which correspond; on the one hand, to..the combined Archonts and Megathenes of Dana.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	megasthene
释义	† megasthenen. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: mega- comb. form, Greek σθένος. Etymology: < mega- comb. form + ancient Greek σθένος strength (see asthenia n.). Compare ancient Greek μεγασθενής of great strength. Compare microsthene n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·găsþīn) /ˈmɛɡəsθiːn/. Zoology. Obsolete. In J. D. Dana's classification: a member of the Megasthena, a division of Mammalia comprising the relatively large and powerful viviparous mammals (including apes and monkeys, carnivores, ungulates, and cetaceans). Cf. microsthene n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of disused divisions gyrencephalous1859 lissencephalous1859 megasthene1863 megasthenic1863 gyrencephalate1875 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iii. iii. 421 The Megasthenes..the superior type, based on a larger and more powerful type of structure or life-system. 1863 J. D. Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 35 70 The two groups are significantly designated (1) Megasthenes.., and (2) Microsthenes... The orders in these two groups..have throughout a precise parallelism. The Bats or Chiropters in the latter represent the Monkeys or Quadrumanes in the former. 1863 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 86 3 Among Mammals the four orders of Megasthenes exhibit in their fore-limbs four distinct grades of cephalization. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 526 The Placental or Monodelphian mammals are with more propriety combinable into two major groups which correspond; on the one hand, to..the combined Archonts and Megathenes of Dana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1863
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