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单词 pseudocarcinoid
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pseudocarcinoid
pseudocarcinoid n. and adj. [ < pseudo- comb. form + ancient Greek καρκίνος crab (see carcinoma n.) + -oid suffix; compare later carcinoid adj.] Zoology Obsolete rare (a) n. any of certain kinds of crustaceans that resemble crabs; (b) adj. designating a crustacean of this kind.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1878 T. H. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 781 Such forms as these, which simulate the Brachyura, and yet differ profoundly from them, may be termed ‘pseudo-carcinoids’.
1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudocarcinoid, a., being a macrurous and simulating a brachyurous crustacean; looking like a crab without being one; n., a pseudocarcinoid crustacean, as a member of the genus Thenus or Ibacus. Huxley.
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