单词 | ptenoglossate |
释义 | ptenoglossateadj. Zoology. rare. Of the radula of a gastropod: having no median teeth but a large number of lateral teeth resembling the barbs of a feather. Of a gastropod: having such a radula; belonging to a taxon Ptenoglossa so characterized (variously ranked between superfamily and order). ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Perspective shell, a ptenoglossate gastropod. 1980 Nautilus 94 105 A ptenoglossate radula equipped with a plough-shaped central tooth. 1992 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 23 316 An example is Architectonica, whose members' ‘ptenoglossate’ radulae grouped the Architectonicidae with other ‘ptenoglossate’ families, although the feature is..now viewed as a convergently acquired apomorphy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1890 |
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