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单词 platynote
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platynoteadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French platynote.
Etymology: < French platynote ( A. M. C. Duméril & G. Bibron Erpétologie générale (1835) II. 595; > scientific Latin Platynota ) < platy- platy- comb. form + ancient Greek νῶτον , νῶτος back (see noto- comb. form). Compare ancient Greek πλατύνωτος broad-backed.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Broad-backed; spec. of or belonging to the division (now usually an infraorder) Platynota of reptiles, including the extinct monitor lizards, beaded lizards, and mosasaurs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > belonging to extinct group Platynota
platynote1843
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the back > broad-backed
platynote1843
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 125/2 Varanidæ, a family of Lizards, designated..as Platynote or Broad-backed Saurians.
B. n.
A lizard of the division Platynota; a monitor lizard.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Platynote, a monitor or varanoid lizard.

Derivatives

platynotal adj. Obsolete = sense A.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Platynotal, broad-backed, as a lizard; specifically, of or pertaining to the Platynota.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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