单词 | scincoidean |
释义 | scincoideann.adj. Zoology. Now rare. A. n. = scincoid n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of (skink) skink1526 scincoidean1831 scincidoid1841 scincoid1841 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > lizard resembling pseudoskink1608 scincoidean1831 scincoid1841 1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. 155 The sixth and last family of the Saurians is that of the Scincoidians [Fr. Scincoidiens]. To be recognised by its short feet. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 74/1 There is not a single Scincoidian whose geographical range is confined to Europe. 1925 E. Perrier Earth before Hist. iii. ii. 275 The presence of two posterior rudimentary feet in pythons may prove that the Ophidians are descended from animals with feet and that these feet gradually disappeared in the Scincoidians. 1972 Jrnl. Herpetol. 6 108 The earliest scincoidean known in the fossil record is Capitolacerta from the Eocene; the earliest scincid fossil is Eumeces in the Pliocene. 2007 S. M. Reilly & L. D. McBrayer in S. M. Reilly et al. Lizard Ecol. x. 325 Scincoideans appear intermediate between the typical conditions seen in most iguanians and other autarchoglossans. B. adj. = scincoid adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > resembling skink scincoid1834 scincoidean1840 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 258/2 Scincoidian Lizards, or Lepidosauri. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) lxiv. 481 The Scincoidean Lizards. 1919 Trop. Dis. Bull. 13 54 The bugs fed also on a Scincoidean (scaly) lizard and a frog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1831 |
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