单词 | osteodermal |
释义 | osteodermaladj. Zoology. Having bony plates or spicules in the skin; designating or consisting of osteoderms. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having a partly ossified skin osteodermatous1857 osteodermal1881 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [adjective] > of or relating to sturgeon > having osseous skin osteodermatous1857 osteodermal1881 osteodermous1890 1881 Nature 24 Feb. 402/2 A reptilian osteodermal character in the mammalian class. 1901 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. ix. 337 An earlier generation of osteodermal plates. 1963 Amer. Midland Naturalist 70 500 Mature males have a heavy osteodermal scale on the..hind foot. 1992 M. Schaffer-Fehre tr. S. Schaal & W. Ziegler Messel ix. 110 The bony (osteodermal) armour of Diplocynodon covers neck, back, belly, and part of the tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881 |
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