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单词 psammobiid
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psammobiidn.adj.

Brit. /(p)saˈməʊbɪɪd/, U.S. /(p)sæˈmoʊbiᵻd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Psammobiidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Psammobiidae, family name ( J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals (1828) 437, as Psammobiadae ) < Psammobia , genus name ( Lamarck Hist. nat. animaux sans vertèbres (1818) V. 511; < Hellenistic Greek ψαμμο- psammo- comb. form + ancient Greek βίος life: see bio- comb. form) + -idae (see -id suffix3).
Zoology.
A. n.
A burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae, having long, paired, often separate siphons and a large foot.
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Psammo- Psammobiid, n.
1982 Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Sci. 15 138 It is also apparent that it [sc. a hand-held dredge] may miss the majority of the small bivalve Tellina pudica, and a proportion of the psammobiid Orbicularia orbiculata.
2003 Palaeontology 46 719 Both tellinids and psammobiids are deposit feeders.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Psammobiidae.
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1986 Paleobiology 12 446/2 In the extant psammobiid genus Heteroglypta the surface sculpture is astonishingly similar to that of Trigonoides.
2004 Jrnl. Shellfisheries Res. (Electronic ed.) Apr. A possible biofilter species is the filter-feeding psammobiid clam Gari elongata..that burrows in shallow, freshwater to brackish..waters..in the west central Philippines.

Derivatives

psammobioid adj. Obsolete rare of or relating to the family Psammobiidae; resembling or related to molluscs of this family.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Psammo- Psammobioid, a.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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