单词 | ostraciont |
释义 | † ostraciontadj.n. Zoology. Obsolete. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the boxfish family Ostraciontidae, of which Ostracion is the type genus. ΚΠ 1851 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 643 The Ostraciont family of his [sc. Agassiz's] Ganoid order. B. n. A boxfish of the family Ostraciontidae. ΚΠ 1851 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 655 One or two curious points of the resemblance to the Ostracionts. 1879 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 2 270 Ostracionts with triagonal, tetragonal, or pentagonal carapaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.n.1851 |
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