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单词 muticate
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muticateadj.

Brit. /ˈmjuːtᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈmjudəˌkeɪt/
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: mutic adj.; Latin muticus , -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < mutic adj. or its etymon classical Latin muticus + -ate suffix2. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Mutica, name of a former division of mammals (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12, 1766) 24).
1. Zoology. Belonging to or characteristic of a former division Mutica of mammals in which the hind limbs are absent or much reduced, including whales and sirenians. Cf. mutilate adj. 3. Obsolete.
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mutilate1760
mutilated1793
muticate1842
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 703/1 Linnæus, like Aristotle and Ray, founds his primary divisions of the class Mammalia on the locomotive organs; but his secondary divisions or orders are taken chiefly from modifications of the dentary system. The following is the scheme of his arrangement:..Unguiculate... Ungulate... Muticate—Teeth variable. Cete.
1860 R. Owen Palæontol. 311 Both form and structure are compatible with the hoofless muticate type of herbivorous Mammal, as shown by the Manatee.
1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. IV. 1711/1 By Ray, and especially Linnæus, the name [Ungulata] was employed for all the hoofed mammals in contradistinction to the clawed and muticate (finned) mammals.
2. Botany. = muticous adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair
dodc1449
unbearded1688
beardless1760
mutic1777
awnless1787
downless1796
bald1804
unawned1821
fringeless1837
muticous1847
muticate1913
1913 F. L. Stevens Fungi which cause Plant Dis. 657 Key to Genera of Tuberculariaceæ... Conidia muticate.
1938 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 25 113 The lower teeth free..those of the upper lip joined to the apex, muticate or (usually) trimucronate.
1990 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 77 166 Spikelets whitish green at maturity..lemma muticate or aristate, the awns up to 2 cm long.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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