单词 | neck frill |
释义 | > as lemmasneck frill neck frill n. (a) a frill of material at the neck of a garment, a ruff; (b) Palaeontology an upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many dinosaurs, chiefly ceratopsians; (c) Zoology the erectable folds of skin on the neck of the Australian frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii (family Agamidae), which are raised in threat displays and for thermoregulation. ΚΠ 1852 Littell's Living Age 19 June 576/1 I shall give the list I copied..; eight caps; eight neck-frills. 1909 Science 14 May 794/1 Some of the outlying parts of the epidermis [of the dinosaur], especially along the neck frill.., were cut into..before it was realised that the epidermal cast was preserved. 1921 E. Ferber Girls iv. 53 The form-fitting basque, the flattering neck-frill, the hip sash, and the smart (though grotesque) bustle revealed, and even emphasized, lines of the feminine figure. 1975 Evolution 29 358 (caption) Compare with the occipital flaps of Chamaeleo spp. or the neck frill of Chlamydosaurus. 1988 M. Benton Dinosaurs 159/2 Triceratops had three horns: one on its nose and two long ones above its eyes. Its neck frill was fairly short, and the back edge was surrounded by a zig-zag of knobs of bone. 1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Chlamydosaurus This neck frill, often as wide as the lizard is long, lies like a cape over the shoulders. < as lemmas |
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