单词 | phanerocodonic |
释义 | > as lemmasphanerocodonic phanerocodonic adj. Brit. , U.S. [ < phanero- comb. form + ancient Greek κώδων a bell (see codonostome n.) + -ic suffix] Zoology (now rare or disused) designating hydromedusan gonophores having an open, well-developed, bell-shaped umbrella; contrasted with adelocodonic adj. at adelo- comb. form .ΚΠ 1864 G. J. Allman in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1863 357 The peculiar condition by which one of these types is characterized may be named as ‘phanerocodonic’, while that which distinguishes the other may be designated as ‘adelocodonic’. 1871 G. J. Allman Monogr. Gymnoblastic Hydroids 30 The gonophore..may be referred to one or other of two principal types, based respectively on the greater or less approach to the completely formed medusa. The peculiar condition by which one of these types is characterised may be termed phanerocodonic, while that which distinguishes the other may be designated as adelocodonic. 1906 S. J. Hickson in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. 265 The free-swimming Medusae or phanerocodonic gonophores of the Gymnoblastea are usually of small size. < as lemmas |
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