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单词 purpuriparous
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purpuriparousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpura , -iparous comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin purpura purple dye (see purpure n.) + -iparous comb. form. Compare slightly later purpurigenous adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹpiŭri·părəs) /pɜːpjʊəˈrɪpərəs/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
Producing or secreting purple (purple n. 4); spec. designating the hypobranchial gland of some gastropod molluscs (cf. purpurigenous adj.).
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1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/1 (caption) Adrectal purpuriparous gland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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