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单词 ptenoglossate
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ptenoglossateadj.

Brit. /ˌtiːnəʊˈɡlɒseɪt/, U.S. /ˌtinoʊˈɡlɑseɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek πτηνός , γλῶσσα , -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πτηνός feathered ( < an ablaut variant of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek πέτεσθαι to fly (see feather n.) + -νός , suffix forming nouns) + γλῶσσα tongue (see gloss n.1) + -ate suffix2, after post-classical Latin ptenoglossa (J. E. Gray: see quot. 1852; later used as a scientific Latin taxonomic name).Compare the following apparent coinage of post-classical Latin ptenoglossa:1852 J. E. Gray in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 10 412 The genera of operculated ptenobranchous Mollusca..which have numerous series of teeth on the tongue..(this kind of tongue may be designated Ptenoglossa).
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).
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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).
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