单词 | rytina |
释义 | Rytinan. Chiefly Zoology. Now rare. The extinct Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas (formerly known as Rytina stelleri). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea-cow) sea-ape1781 Steller's sea-cow1814 Rytina1836 Stellerine1854 northern manatee1855 1836 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 576/2 The heart of the Dugong..and of the Rytina is cloven by the deep separation of the two ventricles. 1853 A. Henfrey tr. M. J. Schleiden Plant (ed. 2) 400 Walruses and sea-cows, Rytinæ and mermaids. 1882 Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 The Rhytina which, less than a hundred years ago, crowded the shores of Behring Strait. 1926 Sci. Monthly Feb. 151/2 Possibly the best example of rapid extermination by exploitation on the Pacific coast of North America was that of the Rhytina or seacow. 1953 Jrnl. Mammalogy 34 193 A well known recent form, extinct since 1768, Rytina (Rhytina stelleri), one of the dugongs commonly called Stellar's [sic] sea cow, had a rudimentary pelvis with no hind limbs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1836 |
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