单词 | reptiliform |
释义 | † reptiliformadj.n. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. A. adj. Of an animal: having the form of a reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > resembling a reptile reptilious1727 reptiliform1835 reptiloid1849 reptilian1863 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 101/2 In this they are also imitated by the tadpole state of the higher reptiliform groups. 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 263 The change from a herbivorous fish-like animal to one carnivorous and reptiliform begins. B. n. A reptiliform animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > reptile reptilea1393 serpentc1440 reptible1637 reptilian1838 reptiliform1890 1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. 92 This group is called Sauropsida or reptiliforms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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