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单词 nudibrachiate
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nudibrachiateadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: nudi- comb. form, brachiate adj.
Etymology: < nudi- comb. form + brachiate adj., after scientific Latin Nudibrachiata, class name (A. Farre 1837, in Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. 127 419).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
Designating or belonging to a class of polyps characterized by tentacles which are not covered with cilia (now classified as hydroid cnidarians). Cf. ciliobrachiate adj.
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1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals Gloss. 382 Nudibrachiate.., the Polypes, whose arms are not clothed with vibratile cilia.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 50/1 The Bryozoa..exhibiting a much higher phase of organisation than any of the nudibrachiate races.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 50/1 In the nudibrachiate polypes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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