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单词 rostriferous
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rostriferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rostrifer , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin rostrifer (J. D. Dana 1852, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1850–1 5 268; < rostri- (see rostriform adj.) + classical Latin -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare scientific Latin Rostrifera, name of a suborder of gastropods (J. E. Gray 1853, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 11 126).
Zoology. Obsolete.
Having a rostrum; spec. designating gastropod molluscs having a rostrum rather than a retractile proboscis (sometimes classified in a division Rostrifera).
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 440 Ophthalmic ring not rostriferous.
1856 Proc. Zool. Soc. 24 101 The Tænioglossa or Rostriferous Mollusca.
1866 Jrnl. Entomol. 2 414 Dr. Gerstaecker..refers the rostriferous families [of beetles] to the ‘Coleoptera cryptopentamera’.
1878 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/1 The modification in the form of the snout upon which the mouth is placed, leading to the distinction of ‘proboscidiferous’ and ‘rostriferous’ Gastropods.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 482 With mouth..at the end of a non-introversible snout, i.e. rostriferous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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