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单词 pygopod
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pygopodn.adj.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪɡə(ʊ)pɒd/, U.S. /ˈpaɪɡəˌpɑd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pygo- comb. form, -pod comb. form.
Etymology: < pygo- comb. form + -pod comb. form). In senses A. 2 and B. 2 after scientific Latin Pygopodidae, family name (1885 or earlier) < Pygopus, genus name ( J. B. von Spix Animalia nova sive species novæ lacertarum (1825) 25).
A. n.
1. Ornithology. An aquatic bird having the legs placed far back on the body, such as a grebe or a diver. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1887 Proc. Royal Soc. 43 469 The Loons and Grebes..are ‘Pygopods’.
2. Zoology. Any of various lizards constituting the Australian family Pygopodidae, which are snake-like forms having no forelimbs and only rudimentary hindlimbs.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Pygopod, a lizard of the family Pygopodidæ.
1957 Copeia No. 1. 27/2 Harder's gland opens directly into the lacrimal duct in snakes (elsewhere only in pygopods).
1987 Misc. Publ. Mus. of Zool. (Univ. Michigan) No. 173. 1 The sister-group relationship between diplodactylines and pygopods is based on a single apomorphy.
2004 Biol. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 83 353 The Diplodactylini + padded carphodactylines were the sister group of pygopods + padless carphodactylines.
B. adj.
1. Ornithology. = pygopodous adj. at pygo- comb. form . Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of legs > belonging to group defined by
pygopodous1869
homalogonatous1874
pygopod1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Pygopod, rump-footed, as an auk, loon or grebe; having the legs inserted far back, appearing close by the rump.
2. Zoology. Of or relating to the family Pygopodidae.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Pygopod, in herpet., of or pertaining to the Pygopodidæ.
1987 Misc. Publ. Mus. of Zool. (Univ. Michigan) No. 173. 1 The phylogenetic relationships among gekko and pygopod lizards are investigated.
1997 Mem. Queensland Mus. 41 355 The snake-like Australian pygopod lizards..show considerable variation in mandibular and dental structure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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