单词 | open-bellied |
释义 | > as lemmasopen-bellied open-bellied adj. †(a) ruptured (obsolete rare); †(b) having a rounded shape (obsolete rare); (c) (supposedly) having an abdominal pouch (now historical). ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gualloroso, burst, open bellied. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 78 The Sections which are open-bellied..make no bad figure when they are put the flat way. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 137 The Open-bellied Crocodile..is furnished with a false belly like the opossum, where the young creep out and in as their dangers and necessities require. 1930 Science 18 July 69/2 Some of which details..—for example, the ‘open-bellied crocodile’ that carries its young in an abdominal pouch—are obviously fiction. < as lemmas |
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