单词 | acetabuliferous |
释义 | acetabuliferousadj. Zoology. Now rare. Bearing cup-shaped structures or acetabula; spec. bearing suckers; (of a cephalopod mollusc) belonging to a former division Acetabulifera, characterized by tentacles with suckers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > adapted for sucking or having suckers suctorious1815 suctory1826 suctorial1833 haustellate1835 acetabuliferous1836 suctorian1842 suckered1856 haustellous1898 1836 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 550/1 The nerves are continued of a simple structure as far as the acetabuliferous extremities. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 253 There are ten of these acetabuliferous arms. 1868 tr. L. Figuier Ocean World xvi. 445 Two orders: Acetabuliferous, or sucker-bearing, and Tentaculiferous Cephalopods, those furnished with strong fleshy tentacula. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 507 Two acetabuliferous tentacles take their origin on the inner side of a cup-like hood. 1927 I. S. Oldroyd Marine Shells W. Coast N. Amer. II. i. 22 Genus Pneumoderma... Mouth covered by a large hood supporting two small, simple, and two large acetabuliferous tentacles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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