单词 | tentaculiferous |
释义 | tentaculiferousadj. Bearing tentacles: said of an animal or organ; spec. of or pertaining to the Tentaculifera or Acinetaria, a division of the Plegepod Protozoa; sometimes, pertaining to the Tentaculifera or Glossophora, among Mollusca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to a tentacle > having tentacles tentaculated1804 tentaculiferousa1832 tentaculate1846 tentacled1857 tentaculigerous1877 a1832 J. E. Gray in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 592/1 Its edge divided into four or eight diverging, tentaculiferous lobes. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. v. 167 The tentaculiferous mouths of the polypes. 1880 W. Saville-Kent (title) A Manual of the Infusoria: including a Description of all known Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa. 1883 W. Saville-Kent in Nature 8 Mar. 433/1 In other tentaculiferous animals, such as a sea-anemone, tubiculous annelid, or cuttlefish. 1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 431/2 The tentaculiferous ‘arms’ of the Brachiopoda. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1832 |
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