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单词 pimelodid
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pimelodidadj.n.

Brit. /pɪməˈləʊdɪd/, U.S. /ˌpɪməˈloʊdɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pimelodus , -id suffix3.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pimelodus, genus name (B. G. E. de la V. de Lacépède Hist. nat. poiss. V. (1802–3) 93; < ancient Greek πιμελώδης like fat, fatty < πιμελή fat (see Pimelea n.) + -ώδης -ode comb. form1) + -id suffix3.
Ichthyology.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the family Pimelodidae, which comprises scaleless freshwater catfishes having long, slender, sensitive barbels and an adipose fin, found in South and Central America and the larger Caribbean islands.
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1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. at Pimelo- Pimelodid, a.
1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 127/2 (heading) Pimelodid catfishes.
1988 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 101 509 A more restrictive clade, which contains Nemuroglanis and members of several other pimelodid genera, is defined on characteristics of the fin spines.
2002 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 152 75 A new genus of pimelodid catfishes, Propimelodus, is diagnosed by hypertrophied structures of the palatine andectopterygoid bones.
B. n.
A catfish of the family Pimelodidae.
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1928 Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. at Pimelo- Pimelodid, n.
1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 127/2 Typically, the pimelodids have very long feelers or barbels, usually in three pairs.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 230/1 Catfishes... They reach their greatest diversity in South America, where the two largest families occur (loricariids with 550 species and pimelodids with 300 species).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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