petromyzontn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtrə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪzɒnt/, U.S.

/ˌpɛtroʊˈmaɪˌzɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Petromyzont-, Petromyzon.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Petromyzont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek μυζοντ-: see myzont n.) of Petromyzon Petromyzon n., after Petromyzontidae (see petromyzontid n.). Compare earlier myzont n.

Zoology.

= petromyzontid n.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. 4428/3 Petromyzont, a lamprey.

1908 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 18 607 No pretrematic rami are developed in the other nerves in petromyzonts.

1933 Science 17 Nov. 458/2 We do not know the stages of descent of the present-day myxinoids and petromyzonts.

1970 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 176 41 The macula [sc. of Myxine]..is simpler in design than any found in other labyrinths, including that of the petromyzont fellow-cyclostome, the lamprey.

1989 Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. B. 93 549 The parameters describing the functioning of the individual subunits in M[ordacia] Mordax haemoglobin are substantially different from those in the petromyzont family.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petromyzont
释义	petromyzontn.adj. Brit. /ˌpɛtrə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪzɒnt/, U.S. /ˌpɛtroʊˈmaɪˌzɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Petromyzont-, Petromyzon. Etymology: < scientific Latin Petromyzont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek μυζοντ-: see myzont n.) of Petromyzon Petromyzon n., after Petromyzontidae (see petromyzontid n.). Compare earlier myzont n. Zoology. = petromyzontid n. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4428/3 Petromyzont, a lamprey. 1908 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 18 607 No pretrematic rami are developed in the other nerves in petromyzonts. 1933 Science 17 Nov. 458/2 We do not know the stages of descent of the present-day myxinoids and petromyzonts. 1970 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 176 41 The macula [sc. of Myxine]..is simpler in design than any found in other labyrinths, including that of the petromyzont fellow-cyclostome, the lamprey. 1989 Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. B. 93 549 The parameters describing the functioning of the individual subunits in M[ordacia] Mordax haemoglobin are substantially different from those in the petromyzont family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1890
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