单词 | nodi- |
释义 | nodi-comb. form Chiefly Zoology and Botany. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to a node or nodes; nodal’. nodicorn adj. Brit. /ˈnəʊdᵻkɔːn/ , U.S. /ˈnoʊdəˌkɔrn/ [after French nodicorne (1843)] rare (of an insect) having antennae swollen at the tip.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > of or belonging to or of the nature of antennae > bearing or having antennae > having nodose antennae nodicorn1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Nodicorn, having nodose antennæ, as certain hemipterous insects. nodiferous adj. Brit. /nə(ʊ)ˈdɪf(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /noʊˈdɪf(ə)rəs/ Zoology rare bearing nodes.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having a protuberance > having nodes nodiferous1856 1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 75 Polyps with scattered tentacles, nodiferous or globose at the tip. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > flowering from specific part nodiflorous1714 rhizanthous1847 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 188 (heading) Capitated and Nodiflorus Plants. nodiform adj. Brit. /ˈnəʊdᵻfɔːm/ , U.S. /ˈnoʊdəˌfɔrm/ Entomology rare having the form of a node or knot.ΚΠ 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 61 This genus, which is allied to the ‘Driver Ant’.., is known by having the node of the peduncle thickened, nodiform. 1947 Amer. Midland Naturalist 37 530 Petiole more or less nodiform. Anterior border of the clypeus projecting in the middle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1714 |
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