单词 | podical |
释义 | podicaladj. Entomology. Now disused. podical plate n. each of two small sclerites bordering the anus in some insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > abdomen > last dorsal segment of > pieces surrounding podical plate1877 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 406 When the tenth tergum and the podical plates are removed, a very singular apparatus..comes into view. 1920 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 13 45 The second dorsoventral [muscle]... closes the anal orifice by bringing the edges of the suranal and podical plates together. 1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) i. 46 Vestiges of its sternum [sc. of the 11th abdominal segment] are seen in the podical plates or paraprocts which lie on either side of the anus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1877 |
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