单词 | representative form |
释义 | > as lemmasrepresentative form 4. Biology. That is the counterpart of a related species or subspecies of animal or plant found elsewhere; chiefly in representative form. Cf. represent v.1 7. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > representative or replacing representative1844 1833 C. Darwin Animal Notes (Cambr. MS CUL-DAR29.1.A1-A49) f. 41v Several birds..representative species on each side [of the mountains].] 1844 Rep. 13th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1843 Reports 175 In each case the analogy is maintained, not by identical species only, but mainly by representative forms. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) iii. 53 This close agreement in structure and habits, in representative species..always strikes one as interesting. 1909 H. Gadow in A. C. Seward Darwin & Mod. Sci. xvii. 327 The morphologist, the well-trained anatomist,..alone can determine whether we have to deal with homologous, or analogous, convergent, representative forms. 1959 Wilson Bull. 71 306 Rallus mirificus and R. pectoralis may form a superspecies, but the clear-cut differences between them..and the absence of representative forms elsewhere, leave little doubt that they are specifically distinct. 1996 Jrnl. Herpetol. 30 522/1 Only by attributing to ecological factors the absence of some representative forms from the sandy habitats at the right bank, could we come to accept the final stage of speciation proposed by the model. < as lemmas |
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