单词 | petromyzon |
释义 | Petromyzonn. Zoology. A genus of lampreys, now comprising only the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, of coastal waters of the north Atlantic and western Mediterranean; a lamprey of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 230. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon Petromyzon1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Petromyzon, the stone~sucker, in the Linnæan system of zoology, the name of a genus of fishes of the chondropterygii order, comprehending the lamprey, &c. 1779 S. Rudder New Hist. Gloucestershire 55/2 But the Severn is more especially famed for the lamprey, in Latin, lampetra, a species of Petromyzon. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 448 In Petromyzon two enlargements which contain the auditory organ are attached to the sides of this capsule. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvi. 428 The yard-long marine lamprey of British seas is referred to the genus Petromyzon. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) xi. 357 The ammocoete larva of the Petromyzon spends its existence half-buried in the bottoms of streams and ponds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1753 |
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