Opabinian.

Brit.

/əʊpəˈbɪnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊpəˈbɪniə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Opabinia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Opabinia, genus name (see quot. 1912) < Opabin , the name of a pass between Mount Hungabee and Mount Biddle in British Columbia, Canada, where the fossil was discovered + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹.

Palaeontology.

A genus of enigmatic fossil Cambrian invertebrates found in the Burgess Shale of Canada, whose single species, Opabinia regalis, constitutes a unique phylum, and is characterized by an elongated segmented body, five eyes, and a long flexible proboscis terminating in two groups of spines. Also: an animal of this genus. Opabinia was classified as an arthropod by Walcott in 1912, but Whittington cast doubt on this theory in 1975.

ΚΠ

1912 C. D. Walcott in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 57 154 Table of Classification. Class Crustacea. Sub-Class Branchiopoda. Order Anostraca... Family Opabinidae, new family. Genus Opabinia, new genus.

1975 H. B. Whittington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 271 41 I suggest that Opabinia is neither an arthropod nor an annelid, but may be a representative of..an ancestral group of segmented animals.

1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life 134 Opabinia belonged nowhere among the known animals of this or any former earth.

1998 S. C. Morris Crucible of Creation iv. 95 As Opabinia moves slowly forward, the nozzle is being rapidly moved across the sea floor, stirring up the sediment.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opabinia
释义	Opabinian. Brit. /əʊpəˈbɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌoʊpəˈbɪniə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Opabinia. Etymology: < scientific Latin Opabinia, genus name (see quot. 1912) < Opabin , the name of a pass between Mount Hungabee and Mount Biddle in British Columbia, Canada, where the fossil was discovered + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. Palaeontology. A genus of enigmatic fossil Cambrian invertebrates found in the Burgess Shale of Canada, whose single species, Opabinia regalis, constitutes a unique phylum, and is characterized by an elongated segmented body, five eyes, and a long flexible proboscis terminating in two groups of spines. Also: an animal of this genus. Opabinia was classified as an arthropod by Walcott in 1912, but Whittington cast doubt on this theory in 1975. ΚΠ 1912 C. D. Walcott in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 57 154 Table of Classification. Class Crustacea. Sub-Class Branchiopoda. Order Anostraca... Family Opabinidae, new family. Genus Opabinia, new genus. 1975 H. B. Whittington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 271 41 I suggest that Opabinia is neither an arthropod nor an annelid, but may be a representative of..an ancestral group of segmented animals. 1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life 134 Opabinia belonged nowhere among the known animals of this or any former earth. 1998 S. C. Morris Crucible of Creation iv. 95 As Opabinia moves slowly forward, the nozzle is being rapidly moved across the sea floor, stirring up the sediment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1912
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