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单词 pygomelian
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pygomeliann.adj.

Brit. /ˌpʌɪɡə(ʊ)ˈmiːlɪən/, U.S. /ˌpaɪɡoʊˈmiliən/
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French pygomèle , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < French pygomèle ( I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Hist. des anomalies (1836) III. 264; < pygo- pygo- comb. form + ancient Greek μέλος limb: see melos n.) + -ian suffix. Compare French pygomélie (1836 in the same source).
Veterinary Medicine and Medicine. rare.
A. n.
An animal (or person) exhibiting an abnormality of development in which one or two supernumerary limbs (more or less developed) are attached near or between the normal posterior limbs.
ΚΠ
1849 W. Vrolik in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 969/1 All these varieties are indicated under the names of gastromele, pygomele and melomele.]
1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation xiii. 379 The possibility that this may be a limb of a pygomelian is not excluded.
1965 B. Humphries Bizarre 137/1 Francesco Lentini, the pygomelian,..exhibited his three bare legs.
B. adj.
Characterized by or exhibiting this abnormality.
ΚΠ
1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation xiv. 401 Pygomelian geese [are] often recorded.
1909 N.E.D. at Pygo- Pygomelian,..a pygomelian animal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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