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单词 menobranchus
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Menobranchusn.

Brit. /mɛnəʊˈbraŋkəs/, U.S. /mɛnəˈbræŋkəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Menobranchus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Menobranchus, genus name (R. Harlan 1825, in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. (N.Y.) 1 233), irregularly < ancient Greek μένειν (see remain v.), which does not form compounds in μενο- in Greek (compare Menopoma n., menorhynchous adj.) + βράγχια gills (see branchiae n.).
Zoology. Now historical.
A genus (now called Necturus) of tailed amphibians of the family Proteidae, comprising the mud puppy and waterdogs of North America; (also menobranchus) an amphibian of this genus, a mud puppy or waterdog.
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1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. 412 The Menobranchus of Harlan, or Necturus of Rafinesque.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 188 The menobranchus has four fingers and four toes.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 432 The notochord..is alternately constricted and widened out in Menobranchus, Siredon, and Menopoma.
1918 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 208 110 The general disposition of parts in this group is suggestively similar in such forms as Cryptobranchus, Menobranchus, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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