单词 | pythonomorph |
释义 | pythonomorphn.adj. Palaeontology and Zoology. A. n. Originally: any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order Pythonomorpha (corresponding to the present-day suborder Mosasauria); a mosasaur; (now disused). Now: any reptile of the clade Pythonomorpha, which comprises the mosasaurs together with modern snakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [noun] > genus Mosasaurus > member of mosasaur1842 mosasauroid1859 pythonomorph1869 mosasaurid1874 mosasaurian1878 1869 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist 3 84 The gigantic Mosasaurus, the longest of known reptiles, had few rivals in the ocean. These Pythonomorphs were the sea-serpents of that age. 1887 A. Heilprin Geogr. & Geol. Distribution Animals 327 Whether or not they are..descendants of the lacertilian pythonomorphs..still remains to be determined. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 242 (caption) A Pythonomorph. 2000 Jrnl. Paleontol. 74 924/2 Adriosaurus and the other marine taxa fall within pythonomorphs, the mosasaur–snake clade. B. adj. Of or relating to the order or clade Pythonomorpha. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [adjective] > belonging to Mosasaurus mosasaurian1849 mosasauroid1849 pythonomorph1873 pythonomorphous1878 pythonomorphic1890 1873 E. D. Cope in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1871–2 12 168 Professor B. F. Mudge [is] already well known by his interesting discoveries among the Pythonomorph reptiles and Saurodont fishes. 1895 Science 11 Oct. 477/1 (title) The affinities of the Pythonomorph reptiles. 1913 Science 3 Oct. 459/2 Although we can arrange the Chelonian, Pythonomorph and Cetacean conditions in a progressive line, this need not represent the pedigree of this bulla. 1997 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 352 77/1 The four pythonomorph taxa form a clade, but relationships within this clade, and between the pythonomorph clade and all other ingroup taxa, are unresolved. Derivatives pyˌthonoˈmorphic adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [adjective] > belonging to Mosasaurus mosasaurian1849 mosasauroid1849 pythonomorph1873 pythonomorphous1878 pythonomorphic1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Pythonomorphic, same as pythonomorphous. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 July 12/2 The latest fossil skeleton discovered in Wyoming is one of the pythonomorphic saurians. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [adjective] > belonging to Mosasaurus mosasaurian1849 mosasauroid1849 pythonomorph1873 pythonomorphous1878 pythonomorphic1890 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 180 Prof. Cope's writings on the Pythonomorphous reptiles. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 189/1 The former [order, Ophidians] is probably merely a specialized descendant of the latter [sc. Lacertilians] or of the pythonomorphous reptiles, or perhaps of both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1869 |
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