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单词 oxyrhynch
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oxyrhynchn.

Brit. /ˈɒksᵻrɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈɑksəˌrɪŋk/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin oxyrhynchus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin oxyrhynchus (see oxyrhynchus n.). In sense 1 after scientific Latin Oxyrhynchi (1839 or earlier), name of a division of Brachyura (later the section Oxyrhyncha); compare French oxyrhynque, in the same sense (attributed to P. A. Latreille by H. Milne-Edwards Hist. nat. crustacés (1834) I. ii. iii. 266).In the following quot. the fish of the Nile (sense 2) has been confused with the marine crab (sense 1):1975 A. Landsburg & S. Landsburg Outer Space Connection Isis..recovered every piece of the precious fragments [of Osiris], save for the phallus, which had been devoured by a Nile crab, oxyrhynch, which Egyptians forever curse for this crime.
Chiefly Zoology.
1. Any crab of the section Oxyrhyncha, which includes the spider crabs, having a carapace which narrows anteriorly into a rostrum or beak. rare.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of division Oxyrhyncha (spider-crab)
MaiaOE
sea spider1666
Maja1706
spider-crab1710
oxyrhynch1839
spider1853
kelp crab1884
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 297/2 The first joint of the external antennæ..being cylindrical..in nearly all the Oxyrhynchs.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 109 The Oxyrhynchs are all essentially marine.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 457/2 In the family Homolidae stands the strange genus Latreillia.., with long slender limbs and triangular carapace after the fashion of oxyrhynch spider-crabs.
2. = oxyrhynchus n. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > superorder Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongues) > [noun] > order Mormyriformes > member of family Mormyridae
oxyrhynchus1603
spit-nose1668
mormyrus1706
mormyr1890
oxyrhynch1890
mormyrid1896
1890 Cent. Dict. Oxyrhynch, the oxyrhynchus, a fish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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