单词 | modiola |
释义 | Modiolan. 1. Zoology and Geology. A former genus of horse mussels (now called Modiolus); (also in form modiola) a horse mussel of this genus. Cf. modiolus n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Mytilidae > genus Modiola modiolus1797 Modiola1824 1824 T. Weaver in Trans. Geol. Soc. 1 364 In the sandstones..casts and impressions of shells occur; which are referable to..a Modiola, a Pinna, [etc.]. 1826 E. A. Crouch Introd. Lamarck's Conchol. 18 Modiola, Shell subtransverse, equivalve, regular. 1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (1842) xiv. 294 We may find the ancient modiola of the Lias in habitats analogous to those of its modern representative the muscle. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 16 We have opened hundreds of these modiolæ, and we have never met with any without their crabs. 1955 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 239 248 The lowest 6 ft. contained Exogyra nana in profusion, and Modiola, Pleuromya, Nucula and Trigonia also occurred. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation xiii. 267 The fauna is rich: crustaceans.., pelecypods (Modiola, Arca, Crassatella, Isocardia, [etc.]). 1978 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 282 434 The name of ‘Modiola phase’ for the formation..is inappropriate, for although modiolids may teem on one or two bedding planes they are absent from much the greater part of the sequence. 2. Botany. A small genus of plants of the family Malvaceae, native to warmer parts of North America; a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] hockc725 malloweOE crisp mallowa1300 altheaa1398 mawa1400 maula1425 alceac1440 malva1527 vervain mallow1548 cut mallow1565 dwarf mallow1578 curled mallow1620 musk1728 Sida1753 curled-leaved mallow1754 marshmallow1814 round dock1825 mallow wort1845 crisped-leaved mallow1846 Modiola1856 velvet-leaf1856 fairy cheeses1869 pancakes1882 frog cheese1886 musk plant1898 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 370/2 Malvaceæ... Genera... Modiola, Mönch.] 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 68 Modiola, Mœnch. Modiola... Humble, procumbent or creeping annuals or biennials, with cut leaves and small purplish flowers solitary in the axils. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 238 Modiola... Hardy trailing perennial herb. 1978 S. L. Jury in V. H. Heywood Flowering Plants of World 95/1 Most modern treatments [of the Malvaceae] recognize five tribes:..Abutileae. Fruit a schizocarp and stigmas apical or nearly so; Abutilon, Sphaeralcea, Modiola, and Sida. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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