单词 | myopsid |
释义 | myopsidadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Designating or relating to those cephalopod molluscs in which the anterior chamber of the eye is closed to the exterior by a transparent corneal membrane; spec. of or belonging to the suborder Myopsida of cephalopods so characterized, now restricted to certain squid, but formerly also including cuttlefishes. ΚΠ 1924 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 96 260 The dimorphism with regard to the tail is accompanied..by other signs of sexual differentiation unusual in Myopsid Cephalopoda. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 354 In the myopsid decapods luminescence is achieved by means of associated bacteria or by means of a luminous secretion. 1996 Bull. Marine Sci. 58 9 A new species of myopsid squid, Pickfordiateuthis vossi, is described from the tropical eastern Pacific. B. n. A myopsid cephalopod; spec. a squid of the suborder Myopsida. ΚΠ 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs xi. 208 Relatively few myopsids are luminescent. 1970 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 257 315 The arrangements of the anterior chamber differ so fundamentally in different cephalopods that they are sometimes made the basis of the classification of modern groups into ‘myopsids’ and ‘oegopsids’. 1992 Experientia 48 806/2 The oegopsid hearts so far sampled have proved to be significantly larger than the hearts of myopsids. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1924 |
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