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单词 oxytrichine
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oxytrichineadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Oxytricha , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Oxytricha, genus name (C. G. Ehrenberg 1832, in Abhandl. der Preussischen Akad. der Wissensch. 1830 43; < Hellenistic Greek ὀξύτριχος , adjective < ancient Greek ὀξυ- oxy- comb. form1 + τριχ- , θρίξ hair: see tricho- comb. form1) + -ine suffix1. Compare scientific Latin Oxytrichina, tribe name (C. G. Ehrenberg Organisation, Systematik u. geogr. Verhältniss der Infusionsthierchen (1830) 63). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (ǫksi·trikəin) /ɒkˈsɪtrɪkaɪn/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the former family Oxytrichidae of ciliate protozoans.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Oxytrichine,..of or pertaining to the Oxytrichidæ.
B. n.
A protozoan of this family.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Oxytrichine, any animalcule of the family Oxytrichidæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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