请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 polypiferous
释义

polypiferousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: polyp n., -iferous comb. form.
Etymology: < polyp n. + -iferous comb. form, after scientific Latin polypiferis ( P. S. Pallas Elenchus Zoophytorum (1766) viii. 161; compare Polypifera : see polypifer n.). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫlipi·fĕrəs) /pɒlɪˈpɪfərəs/.
Zoology. Obsolete.
Bearing polyps, as a polyparium.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [adjective] > bearing polyps
polypiferous1776
polypiparous1864
polypigerous1890
1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 6 He [sc. Dr. Pallas] thinks that there is a communication of juices from the polypiferous pores on the cortical part to the inside or horny part.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 422 For a long period these polypiferous masses were conceived to be marine plants.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 334 In Cristatella the polypary is free, disciform, and polypiferous on the margin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.1776
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 8:38:21