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单词 ovularian
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ovulariann.adj.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ovularia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Ovularia (neuter plural), group name ( Haeckel Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte (ed. 5, 1874) viii. 448; < post-classical Latin ovulum ovulum n. + -aria -ary suffix1) + -an suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (ōuviuə·riăn) /əʊvjuːˈlɛərɪən/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. n.
A member of the division Ovularia in Haeckel's proposed classification, comprising animals which are either single-celled or composed of a few identical cells.
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1874 Amer. Cycl. VIII. 373/1 Protozoa, including animal moneres, amœba, and gregarina (which together he [sc. Haeckel] calls ovularia), and infusoria.
1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation II. xviii. 134 The first province of the Protozoa consists of the Egg animals [Ger. Eithiere] (Ovularia); we include among them..all animals whose body, in the fully developed state, possesses the form-value of a simple plastid (of a cytod or cell), also those simple animal forms whose body consists of an aggregation of several cells perfectly similar one to another.]
1890 Cent. Dict. Ovularian, an egg-animal; a member of the Ovularia.
B. adj.1
Of or relating to the former division Ovularia.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Ovularian, of or pertaining to the Ovularia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

ovularianadj.2

Brit. /ɒvjᵿˈlɛːrɪən/, /əʊvjᵿˈlɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌoʊvjəˈlɛriən/, /ˌɑvjəˈlɛriən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ovulary n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < ovulary n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier ovarian adj.
Botany. rare.
Of or relating to an ovulary; ovarian.
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1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 316 The ovularian cavity..is open to the exterior through this stylar canal.
1976 Phytomorphology 26 159 (heading) Ovularian pollen chamber in Trifolium repens.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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