单词 | proboscidate |
释义 | proboscidateadj.n. Chiefly Zoology now rare. Provided with a proboscis, proboscidean; having the form of a proboscis. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > relating to or forming trophi > of or relating to proboscis > having a proboscis proboscidate1826 promuscidate1826 proboscised1883 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvii. 382 Diptera... Mouth proboscidate. 1873 Fraser's Mag. July 11/2 After having classed the elephant as a vertebrate, a mammal, a pachydermatous animal, and a proboscidate, we leave the purely physical classification. 1881 A. J. Kingston tr. J. Verne Steam House II. iv. 69 This was an opportunity for Captain Hood to describe, not without pride, our adventure with the three ‘proboscidate animals’ belonging to Prince Gourou Singh. 1945 Times 5 Feb. 6/3 (crossword clue) Proboscidate pachyderm. 1989 Anat. Anzeiger 169 53 As shown by statistical evaluation carried out within various animal species (e.g. ruminants, equids, carnivores and proboscidates) the thickness of elastic fibres of the nuchal ligament is..unrelated to the somatic size of taxonomically different specimens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1826 |
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