olmn.

Brit.

/ɒlm/,

/əʊlm/, U.S.

/ɑlm/,

/oʊlm/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Olm.

Etymology: < German Olm (first used in this sense by L. Oken Lehrb. der Naturgeschichte (1816) iii. 189; 11th cent. in Old High German as olm , glossing classical Latin stelliō a kind of lizard: see stellion n.), of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Old High German molm newt, salamander (see mole n.³). Compare ( < German) Swedish olm (1861 or earlier), Dutch olm.The German word is used in early modern German dictionaries of the mid 16th cent. in sense ‘newt’.

A large, blind, aquatic salamander, Proteus anguinus (family Proteidae), with a whitish eel-like body, very small legs, and reddish gills that are retained throughout life, found only in limestone caves from Montenegro to north-east Italy. Cf. Proteus n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Proteidae (mudpuppies) > proteus anguinis

Proteus1819

olm1871

1871 G. Hartwig Subterranean World 165 The Olm, which only casually comes to the light of day, along with the overflowing waters of the Cirknitz Lake, was first discovered in 1814, in one of its permanent subterranean abodes.

1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (ed. 4) II. xxv. 300 The celebrated ‘Olm’ (Proteus anguineus).

1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. viii. 93 Three or four other species of animals, such as Proteus, the blind ‘Olm’ of Carniola, and Necturus, which..are not known in a land-form at all.

1955 W. Ley Salamanders i. 3 The olm's rather restricted habitat..is a mountainous area in southern Europe, at the northern end of the Balkan peninsula.

1998 Memoires de Biospeologie 23 227 The authors collected all the known data about distribution of Olm (Proteus anguinus) in Croatia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olm
释义	olmn. Brit. /ɒlm/, /əʊlm/, U.S. /ɑlm/, /oʊlm/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Olm. Etymology: < German Olm (first used in this sense by L. Oken Lehrb. der Naturgeschichte (1816) iii. 189; 11th cent. in Old High German as olm , glossing classical Latin stelliō a kind of lizard: see stellion n.), of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Old High German molm newt, salamander (see mole n.³). Compare ( < German) Swedish olm (1861 or earlier), Dutch olm.The German word is used in early modern German dictionaries of the mid 16th cent. in sense ‘newt’. A large, blind, aquatic salamander, Proteus anguinus (family Proteidae), with a whitish eel-like body, very small legs, and reddish gills that are retained throughout life, found only in limestone caves from Montenegro to north-east Italy. Cf. Proteus n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Proteidae (mudpuppies) > proteus anguinis Proteus1819 olm1871 1871 G. Hartwig Subterranean World 165 The Olm, which only casually comes to the light of day, along with the overflowing waters of the Cirknitz Lake, was first discovered in 1814, in one of its permanent subterranean abodes. 1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (ed. 4) II. xxv. 300 The celebrated ‘Olm’ (Proteus anguineus). 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. viii. 93 Three or four other species of animals, such as Proteus, the blind ‘Olm’ of Carniola, and Necturus, which..are not known in a land-form at all. 1955 W. Ley Salamanders i. 3 The olm's rather restricted habitat..is a mountainous area in southern Europe, at the northern end of the Balkan peninsula. 1998 Memoires de Biospeologie 23 227 The authors collected all the known data about distribution of Olm (Proteus anguinus) in Croatia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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