单词 | palaeotheroid |
释义 | † palaeotheroidadj.n. Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. A. adj. Having the form of or resembling a palaeothere; related to the palaeotheres. ΚΠ 1852 D. D. Owen Illustr. Geol. Rep. Wisconsin, Iowa, & Minnesota Table IX (caption) The Palæotheroid animals are more nearly allied to the Tapir than any other living animal. 1874 Philos. Trans. 1873 (Royal Soc.) 163 21 Very probably the Rhinoceros had the same origin in a Palæotheroid form. B. n. = palaeothere n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > extinct or fossil types > palaeothere palaeothere1831 palaeotherioid1848 palaeotheriodont1874 palaeotheroid1874 1874 Philos. Trans. 1873 (Royal Soc.) 163 67 They would as readily lose their lateral digits as the Palæotheroids have lost theirs..in becoming transformed into the monodactyle Horse. 1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 481 If this determination be correct, we have here a Palæotheroid with four digits to the manus [printed mamus]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1852 |
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