† acanthophorousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀκανθοϕόρος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀκανθοϕόρος producing thorns, in Byzantine Greek also prickly ( < ancient Greek ἀκανθο- acantho- comb. form + -ϕόρος -phore comb. form) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ækæ̆nþǫ·fŏrəs) /ækænˈθɒfərəs/. The following quotation may represent a variant spelling (perhaps resulting from confusion with -ferous comb. form):1892 A. A. Mosher in W. A. Perry et al. Amer. Game Fishes 381 The Wall-eyed Pike or Pike-Perch, so-called, belongs to the Acanthopherous species bearing, as the name signifies, spines.

Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Bearing spines.

ΚΠ

1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 521/1 Acanthophorous, spine-bearing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	acanthophorous
释义	† acanthophorousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀκανθοϕόρος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀκανθοϕόρος producing thorns, in Byzantine Greek also prickly ( < ancient Greek ἀκανθο- acantho- comb. form + -ϕόρος -phore comb. form) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ækæ̆nþǫ·fŏrəs) /ækænˈθɒfərəs/. The following quotation may represent a variant spelling (perhaps resulting from confusion with -ferous comb. form):1892 A. A. Mosher in W. A. Perry et al. Amer. Game Fishes 381 The Wall-eyed Pike or Pike-Perch, so-called, belongs to the Acanthopherous species bearing, as the name signifies, spines. Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Bearing spines. ΚΠ 1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 521/1 Acanthophorous, spine-bearing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1858
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