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单词 plumularia
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Plumularian.

Brit. /ˌpluːmjᵿˈlɛːrɪə/, U.S. /ˌplumjəˈlɛriə/
Inflections: Plural Plumulariae, Plumularias.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Plumularia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Plumularia, genus name ( Lamarck Hist. nat. animaux sans vertèbres (1816) II. 123) < classical Latin plūmula little feather (see plumula n.) + -ārius -ary suffix1. Compare French Plumulaire (1816 in Lamarck).
Zoology.
A genus of hydroids of the suborder Leptomedusae, colonies of which have alternating branches from the main stem, each of which bears polyps on one side only; (also plumularia) an animal of this genus.
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1833 Lancet 9 Nov. 234/1 The tubular horny skeleton of the plumularia and similar zoophytes, is gradually developed from the gemmule.
1859 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 4) 74 Mingled with them are Plumulariæ, always to be distinguished from Sertulariæ by polypes growing on one side of the branch, and not on both.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 153/2 Well-known British genera are Plumularia, Antennularia and Aglaophenia.
1965 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. iv. 142 In Plumularia there are small structures called ‘guard-polypes’, resembling tentacles in structure.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) iv. 122 Most hydroids, such as Tubularia, Sertularia, and Plumularia, do not produce a free-swimming medusa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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