teleo-comb. form¹

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: before a vowel tele-.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek τελεο-.

Etymology: < ancient Greek τελεο- (also τελειο- ), combining form (in e.g. τελειογονία perfect production, τελειοτοκεῖν to bear perfect young) of τέλεος , τέλειος perfect, complete < τέλος end (see telos n.) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives; compare -o- connective. Compare French téléo- (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.), German Teleo- (formations in which are found from the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. Teleophyten (plural): see teleophyte n.).Attested from the first half of the 19th cent. in adaptations of French, German, and scientific Latin terms. Formations within English are found from the second half of the 19th cent., e.g. teleozoon n. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek and Latin origin.

Forming terms used in the description and classification of animals and plants, with the sense ‘highly or completely developed’.See also teleost n., teleostome n.

† teleobranchiate adj. and n. [after scientific Latin Teleobranchia, former group name (J. E. Gray, 1857)] Zoology Obsolete rare (a) adj. of or relating to the former group Teleobranchia of gastropod molluscs, whose members have a regular spiral series of laminar gills on the left side of the mantle cavity; (b) n. a gastropod of the former group Teleobranchia.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1891 Cent. Dict. Teleobranchiate, I. a. Pertaining to the Teleobranchia, or having their characters... II. n. A member of the Teleobranchia.

† teleocephalous adj. [after scientific Latin Teleocephali, former order name (a1858 or earlier)] Zoology Obsolete belonging to the former order Teleocephali of teleost fishes.

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1861 T. Gill App. H. in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (36th Congress, 2nd Sess.) VII. No. 9. 257 Of the Teleocephalous fishes, representatives of nineteen genera are present in the collection.

1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes 681 Who can consistently object to the proposition to segregate the Echeneididæ as a suborder of teleocephalous fishes?

† teleocephal n. [after scientific Latin Teleocephali, former order name (see teleocephalous adj.)] Zoology Obsolete a fish of the former order Teleocephali.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > member of

ossean1835

teleostean1858

teleost1863

teleocephal1872

1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes p. xxxviii The most generalized of the physostome Teleocephals seems to have inherited and retained..the primitive characters of the common progenitors of the Teleost fishes.

1895 G. B. Goode & T. H. Bean Oceanic Ichthyol. 475 Teleocephals with the scapular arch subnormal, post-temporal undivided and closely applied to the back of the cranium.

teleodesmacean adj. and n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪəʊdɛsˈmeɪʃn/

/ˌtiːlɪəʊdɛsˈmeɪʃn/

U.S.

/ˌtɛlioʊˌdɛsˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

/ˌtilioʊˌdɛsˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

chiefly Palaeontology rare (now historical) (a) adj. of or relating to the former group Teleodesmacea of bivalve molluscs, whose members have a shell with highly specialized hinge teeth; (b) n. a bivalve of the former group Teleodesmacea. [ < scientific Latin Teleodesmacea, former group name (W. H. Dall 1889, in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 38 453; < ancient Greek τελεο- teleo- comb. form¹ + δεσμός band (see desmo- comb. form) + scientific Latin -acea : see -aceous suffix) + -an suffix.]

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1890 W. H. Dall in Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. 3 530 Anomalodesmacea having reticulate V-shaped gills, of which the left slope of the V is homologized with the inner direct lamina..of the typical Teleodesmacean gill.

2001 Jrnl. Paleontol. 75 1119/1 The prionodonts..were intermediate between the anomalodesmatans and the advanced teleodesmaceans with heterodont dentition.

teleodont adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɛlɪədɒnt/

/ˈtiːlɪədɒnt/

U.S.

/ˈtɛliəˌdɑnt/

/ˈtiliəˌdɑnt/

(a) Palaeontology designating a complex form of toothed hinge found in shells of bivalve molluscs (rare); (b) Entomology designating the largest form of the mandibles occurring in certain beetles, esp. male stag beetles (family Lucanidae), or a beetle bearing such mandibles; contrasted with mesodont adj. 2 and priodont adj. 2; compare earlier telodont adj. at telo- comb. form¹ .

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to stag-beetle > of form of mandibles

priodont1883

teleodont1889

prionodont1932

1889 W. H. Dall in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 12 239 These I believe to be comparatively modern specializations illustrating the general tendency of evolutionary processes toward a teleodont hinge.

1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 193 The largest developments being called teleodont, the smallest priodont.

1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 784 It is often possible to distinguish large (teleodont), small (priodont), and intermediate (mesodont) forms [of the mandibles].

1986 E. Kucera tr. E. Kuhn-Schnyder & H. Rieber Handbk. Paleozool. 71 Heterodont (or teleodont) dentition is characterized by up to three short cardinal teeth on a hinge plate below the beak.

2007 Bull. de l'Inst. Royal des Sci. Nat. de Belgique: Entomol. 77 151/2 Autocrates males have a series of mandible sizes which could, as was previously done with the beetle family Lucanidae, be divided into teleodont, mesodont/amphiodont, and priodont specimens.

† teleophyte n. [in sense (a) after German Teleophyten, plural (M. J. Schleiden 1839, in Archiv f. Naturgeschichte 5 222, the passage translated in quot. 1840)] Biology Obsolete rare (a) a monocotyledonous plant; (b) a multicellular plant (= metaphyte n.); cf. protophyte n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > plant characterized by cells > [noun] > plants characterized by cellular structure

teleophyte1840

protophyte1850

cellular1879

macrophyte1903

1840 tr. M. J. Schleiden in Ann. Nat. Hist. 4 239 I propose, instead of the nonsensical division into Endogens and Exogens, the denomination of Teleophytes for Monocotyledons, and Synechophytes for Dicotyledons.

1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. ii. i. §43. 109 A tree is an assemblage of numerous united shoots. One of these great teleophytes is thus an aggregate of aggregates of aggregates of units, which severally resemble protophytes in their sizes and structures.

teleoptile n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪˈɒptʌɪl/

/ˌtɛlɪˈɒptɪl/

/ˌtiːlɪˈɒptʌɪl/

/ˌtiːlɪˈɒptɪl/

U.S.

/ˌtɛliˈɑpt(ə)l/

/ˌtɛliˈɑpˌtaɪl/

/ˌtiliˈɑpt(ə)l/

/ˌtiliˈɑpˌtaɪl/

Ornithology any of the feathers of the mature plumage of a bird; often contrasted with neossoptile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > mature feather

teleoptile1893

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 243 The first clothing of the newly-hatched bird consists of..soft feathers..possessing..characters which make it advisable to distinguish them, by the name of ‘Neossoptiles’ (νεοσσὸς, a chick), from those feathers which subsequently appear, and may be called ‘Teleoptiles’ (τέλεος, mature).

1959 Auk 76 165 On the ninth and tenth days the developing sheaths were breaking away from the developing teleoptiles.

2003 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 74 90/2 Konyukhov et al. provide descriptions of the neossoptile and teleoptile plumages and fledglings in juvenile plumage.

teleosaur n.

Brit.

/ˈtɛlɪəsɔː/

/ˈtiːlɪəsɔː/

U.S.

/ˈtɛliəˌsɔr/

/ˈtiliəˌsɔr/

Palaeontology any of the extinct marine crocodilians of the Mesozoic family Teleosauridae; a Teleosaurus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > member of > fossil or extinct types > teleosaurian

teleosaurian1837

teleosaur1840

1840 Rep. 9th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1839 45 (note) The saurian system of M. H. v. Meyer..includes the Teleosaurs and Mososaurs, with the true Enaliosaurs.

1896 Guide Fossil Reptiles & Fishes Brit. Mus. 6 Long and slender-jawed Teleosaurs and Steneosaurs.

2015 G. Grigg Biol. & Evol. Crocodylians ii. 60/2 Teleosaurs retained limbs and would have been capable of venturing onto land.

teleosaurian n. and adj.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪən/

/ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪən/

U.S.

/ˌtɛliəˈsɔriən/

/ˌtiliəˈsɔriən/

[after French téléosaurien (1830 or earlier as adjective and noun, in works by É. G. St-Hilaire)] Palaeontology (a) n. = teleosaur n.; (b) adj. of or relating to teleosaurs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [adjective] > of fossil or extinct types

teleosaurian1837

streptospondylian1849

enaliosaurian1860

streptospondyline1892

the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > member of > fossil or extinct types > teleosaurian

teleosaurian1837

teleosaur1840

1837 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 287 These creatures..do not all possess the Gavial-like beak and swimming organs of motion which Geoffroy supposes in his family of Teleosaurians.

1842 R. Owen in Rep. 11th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1841 70 They are longer in proportion to their breadth than most of the Teleosaurian scutes.

1974 Bull. Geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 4 62/1 This large teleosaurian has been named as Mystriosaurus bollensis.

2004 Paleogeogr., Paleoclimatol. & Paleoecol. 203 110/2 Teleosaurian crocodiles appear to be absent.

Teleosaurus n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/

/ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/

U.S.

/ˌtɛliəˈsɔrəs/

/ˌtiliəˈsɔrəs/

[after scientific Latin Teleosaurus (1836 or earlier: see quot. 1836), itself after French téléosaurus (É. G. St-Hilaire 1825, in Jrnl. de pharmacie 11 130); compare French téléosaure (1830 or earlier)] Palaeontology any of the extinct marine crocodilians constituting the Mesozoic genus Teleosaurus, having a long, slender snout.

ΚΠ

1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 252 (note) M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire has arranged the fossil Saurians with long and narrow beaks, like that of the Gavial, under the two new genera, Teleosaurus and Steneosaurus.

1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth (1878) xvi. 251 Teleosaurus..in some respects allied to the living Gavials of India.

2009 D. Lessem Sea Giants of Dinosaur Times (ed. 2) 16 (caption) Teleosaurus swishes quickly through the water. Its short legs are tucked up against its body.

† teleotemporal n. Zoology Obsolete in a teleost fish, any of a group of dermal bones located posterior and internal to the pectoral girdle (now usually called postcleithrum).

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1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes p. xviii (table) Teleotemporals.

1885 R. W. Shufeldt Osteol. Amia Calva in Rep. Commissioner 1883 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 824 The teleotemporal of the Mudfish is of a quadrilateral outline, and this Ganoid is without any lower teleotemporal.

1901 Bull. Bureau Fisheries 1899 19 314 (caption) Lower teleotemporal.

† Teleozoa n. [after Protozoa n.] Biology Obsolete rare a group comprising multicellular (metazoan) animals (perhaps spec. those considered to be of the highest or most perfect degree of organization), as contrasted with the Protozoa.

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1867 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. iv. iv. §169. 77 Among the Protozoa..and from the minute anatomy of all creatures above these, up to the Teleozoa.

† teleozoic adj. [after Teleozoa n.; compare protozoic adj.²] Biology Obsolete rare of, relating to, or of the nature of the Teleozoa; metazoan, multicellular.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1891 Cent. Dict. Teleozoic, of the character of a teleozoön; pertaining to the teleozoa; metazoan; not protozoan.

† teleozoon n. (also teleozoön) [ < teleo- comb. form¹ + -zoon comb. form, as singular form corresponding to Teleozoa n.; compare protozoon n.] Biology Obsolete rare a member of the Teleozoa; a multicellular animal, a metazoan.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > organism > [noun] > organisms of higher organization

teleozoon1883

1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 321/2 Teleozoon, any animal composed of a number of cells and arranged in tissues.

1891 Cent. Dict. Teleozoön, a complete animal; a metazoan as distinguished from a protozoan organism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

teleo-comb. form²

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: before a vowel tele-

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek τελε- , τέλος , -o- connective.

Etymology: < ancient Greek τελε-, oblique stem of τέλος end (see telos n.) + -o- connective. Compare German Teleo- (formations in which are found from at least the second half of the 19th cent., e.g. Teleophobie : see teleophobia n.). Compare telo- comb. form¹, and also teleo- comb. form¹.Attested earliest in the late 17th cent. in the Greek loan telearch n., and subsequently in the first half of the 18th cent. in the Latin loan teleology n. Formations within English are found from the late 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek origin.

Forming nouns and adjectives relating to a goal, end, or final cause, or to the concepts of purpose or design. Cf. teleology n. See also telo- comb. form¹.

teleophobia n.

Brit.

/ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/

/ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/

U.S.

/ˌtɛliəˈfoʊbiə/

/ˌtiliəˈfoʊbiə/

[after German Teleophobie (K. E. von Baer 1866, in Bull. de l'Acad. Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg 9 126)] aversion to teleological explanations for natural phenomena.

ΚΠ

1880 M. S. Phelps tr. R. Eucken Fund. Concepts Mod. Philos. Thought 210 Perhaps this historical discussion may serve to moderate this ‘teleophobia’ [Ger. Teleophobie] ridiculed by K. E. von Baer.

1960 Philosophy 35 160 The teleophobia of biologists and physicists should not be carried over to the human sciences.

2008 D. Walsh in M. Ruse Oxf. Handbk. Philos. Biol. v. 133 These objections are merely holdovers from the teleophobia prevalent in early modern thinking about the natural world.

teleorganic adj.

Brit.

/ˌtiːlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/

/ˌtɛlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/

U.S.

/ˌtɛliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/

/ˌtiliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/

now rare †(a) designating fully organic (living) matter (obsolete); of or relating to such matter (obsolete); (b) serving the ends of the organism as a whole; of or relating to the organism as a whole. [In sense (a) influenced by teleo- comb. form¹.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > serving purposes of organisms

teleorganic1853

1853 G. H. Lewes Comte's Philos. Sci. 153 Teleorganic matter is matter in that condition in which the cell, fully equipped, can, and does, perform its function.

1860 T. Laycock Mind & Brain II. vi. 443 So that the teleorganic changes taking place therein [sc. in the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres]..in the usual states coincide with conscious states.

1862 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 4 188 It is the final cause of all those derivatives or correlative laws and forces of the primary forces of matter, which, operating in his body as ‘teleorganic’ laws and forces, or vital laws and forces of adaptation to ends, build up his body into an organism.

1966 B. Poole in Adv. Morphogenesis 5 95 From a teleorganic point of view, the functional capacity of a tissue is the variable that must be controlled.

1978 G. E. Gaull et al. in F. Falkner & J. M. Tanner Human Growth I. ii. 25 The schedule of enzyme development in liver has a certain teleorganic wisdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teleo-
释义	teleo-comb. form¹ Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: before a vowel tele-. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek τελεο-. Etymology: < ancient Greek τελεο- (also τελειο- ), combining form (in e.g. τελειογονία perfect production, τελειοτοκεῖν to bear perfect young) of τέλεος , τέλειος perfect, complete < τέλος end (see telos n.) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives; compare -o- connective. Compare French téléo- (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.), German Teleo- (formations in which are found from the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. Teleophyten (plural): see teleophyte n.).Attested from the first half of the 19th cent. in adaptations of French, German, and scientific Latin terms. Formations within English are found from the second half of the 19th cent., e.g. teleozoon n. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek and Latin origin. Forming terms used in the description and classification of animals and plants, with the sense ‘highly or completely developed’.See also teleost n., teleostome n. † teleobranchiate adj. and n. [after scientific Latin Teleobranchia, former group name (J. E. Gray, 1857)] Zoology Obsolete rare (a) adj. of or relating to the former group Teleobranchia of gastropod molluscs, whose members have a regular spiral series of laminar gills on the left side of the mantle cavity; (b) n. a gastropod of the former group Teleobranchia.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. Teleobranchiate, I. a. Pertaining to the Teleobranchia, or having their characters... II. n. A member of the Teleobranchia. † teleocephalous adj. [after scientific Latin Teleocephali, former order name (a1858 or earlier)] Zoology Obsolete belonging to the former order Teleocephali of teleost fishes. ΚΠ 1861 T. Gill App. H. in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (36th Congress, 2nd Sess.) VII. No. 9. 257 Of the Teleocephalous fishes, representatives of nineteen genera are present in the collection. 1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes 681 Who can consistently object to the proposition to segregate the Echeneididæ as a suborder of teleocephalous fishes? † teleocephal n. [after scientific Latin Teleocephali, former order name (see teleocephalous adj.)] Zoology Obsolete a fish of the former order Teleocephali. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > member of ossean1835 teleostean1858 teleost1863 teleocephal1872 1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes p. xxxviii The most generalized of the physostome Teleocephals seems to have inherited and retained..the primitive characters of the common progenitors of the Teleost fishes. 1895 G. B. Goode & T. H. Bean Oceanic Ichthyol. 475 Teleocephals with the scapular arch subnormal, post-temporal undivided and closely applied to the back of the cranium. teleodesmacean adj. and n. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪəʊdɛsˈmeɪʃn/ , /ˌtiːlɪəʊdɛsˈmeɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌtɛlioʊˌdɛsˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ , /ˌtilioʊˌdɛsˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ chiefly Palaeontology rare (now historical) (a) adj. of or relating to the former group Teleodesmacea of bivalve molluscs, whose members have a shell with highly specialized hinge teeth; (b) n. a bivalve of the former group Teleodesmacea. [ < scientific Latin Teleodesmacea, former group name (W. H. Dall 1889, in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 38 453; < ancient Greek τελεο- teleo- comb. form¹ + δεσμός band (see desmo- comb. form) + scientific Latin -acea : see -aceous suffix) + -an suffix.] ΚΠ 1890 W. H. Dall in Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. 3 530 Anomalodesmacea having reticulate V-shaped gills, of which the left slope of the V is homologized with the inner direct lamina..of the typical Teleodesmacean gill. 2001 Jrnl. Paleontol. 75 1119/1 The prionodonts..were intermediate between the anomalodesmatans and the advanced teleodesmaceans with heterodont dentition. teleodont adj. Brit. /ˈtɛlɪədɒnt/ , /ˈtiːlɪədɒnt/ , U.S. /ˈtɛliəˌdɑnt/ , /ˈtiliəˌdɑnt/ (a) Palaeontology designating a complex form of toothed hinge found in shells of bivalve molluscs (rare); (b) Entomology designating the largest form of the mandibles occurring in certain beetles, esp. male stag beetles (family Lucanidae), or a beetle bearing such mandibles; contrasted with mesodont adj. 2 and priodont adj. 2; compare earlier telodont adj. at telo- comb. form¹ . ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to stag-beetle > of form of mandibles priodont1883 teleodont1889 prionodont1932 1889 W. H. Dall in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 12 239 These I believe to be comparatively modern specializations illustrating the general tendency of evolutionary processes toward a teleodont hinge. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 193 The largest developments being called teleodont, the smallest priodont. 1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 784 It is often possible to distinguish large (teleodont), small (priodont), and intermediate (mesodont) forms [of the mandibles]. 1986 E. Kucera tr. E. Kuhn-Schnyder & H. Rieber Handbk. Paleozool. 71 Heterodont (or teleodont) dentition is characterized by up to three short cardinal teeth on a hinge plate below the beak. 2007 Bull. de l'Inst. Royal des Sci. Nat. de Belgique: Entomol. 77 151/2 Autocrates males have a series of mandible sizes which could, as was previously done with the beetle family Lucanidae, be divided into teleodont, mesodont/amphiodont, and priodont specimens. † teleophyte n. [in sense (a) after German Teleophyten, plural (M. J. Schleiden 1839, in Archiv f. Naturgeschichte 5 222, the passage translated in quot. 1840)] Biology Obsolete rare (a) a monocotyledonous plant; (b) a multicellular plant (= metaphyte n.); cf. protophyte n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > plant characterized by cells > [noun] > plants characterized by cellular structure teleophyte1840 protophyte1850 cellular1879 macrophyte1903 1840 tr. M. J. Schleiden in Ann. Nat. Hist. 4 239 I propose, instead of the nonsensical division into Endogens and Exogens, the denomination of Teleophytes for Monocotyledons, and Synechophytes for Dicotyledons. 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. ii. i. §43. 109 A tree is an assemblage of numerous united shoots. One of these great teleophytes is thus an aggregate of aggregates of aggregates of units, which severally resemble protophytes in their sizes and structures. teleoptile n. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪˈɒptʌɪl/ , /ˌtɛlɪˈɒptɪl/ , /ˌtiːlɪˈɒptʌɪl/ , /ˌtiːlɪˈɒptɪl/ , U.S. /ˌtɛliˈɑpt(ə)l/ , /ˌtɛliˈɑpˌtaɪl/ , /ˌtiliˈɑpt(ə)l/ , /ˌtiliˈɑpˌtaɪl/ Ornithology any of the feathers of the mature plumage of a bird; often contrasted with neossoptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > mature feather teleoptile1893 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 243 The first clothing of the newly-hatched bird consists of..soft feathers..possessing..characters which make it advisable to distinguish them, by the name of ‘Neossoptiles’ (νεοσσὸς, a chick), from those feathers which subsequently appear, and may be called ‘Teleoptiles’ (τέλεος, mature). 1959 Auk 76 165 On the ninth and tenth days the developing sheaths were breaking away from the developing teleoptiles. 2003 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 74 90/2 Konyukhov et al. provide descriptions of the neossoptile and teleoptile plumages and fledglings in juvenile plumage. teleosaur n. Brit. /ˈtɛlɪəsɔː/ , /ˈtiːlɪəsɔː/ , U.S. /ˈtɛliəˌsɔr/ , /ˈtiliəˌsɔr/ Palaeontology any of the extinct marine crocodilians of the Mesozoic family Teleosauridae; a Teleosaurus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > member of > fossil or extinct types > teleosaurian teleosaurian1837 teleosaur1840 1840 Rep. 9th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1839 45 (note) The saurian system of M. H. v. Meyer..includes the Teleosaurs and Mososaurs, with the true Enaliosaurs. 1896 Guide Fossil Reptiles & Fishes Brit. Mus. 6 Long and slender-jawed Teleosaurs and Steneosaurs. 2015 G. Grigg Biol. & Evol. Crocodylians ii. 60/2 Teleosaurs retained limbs and would have been capable of venturing onto land. teleosaurian n. and adj. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪən/ , /ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrɪən/ , U.S. /ˌtɛliəˈsɔriən/ , /ˌtiliəˈsɔriən/ [after French téléosaurien (1830 or earlier as adjective and noun, in works by É. G. St-Hilaire)] Palaeontology (a) n. = teleosaur n.; (b) adj. of or relating to teleosaurs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [adjective] > of fossil or extinct types teleosaurian1837 streptospondylian1849 enaliosaurian1860 streptospondyline1892 the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > member of > fossil or extinct types > teleosaurian teleosaurian1837 teleosaur1840 1837 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 287 These creatures..do not all possess the Gavial-like beak and swimming organs of motion which Geoffroy supposes in his family of Teleosaurians. 1842 R. Owen in Rep. 11th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1841 70 They are longer in proportion to their breadth than most of the Teleosaurian scutes. 1974 Bull. Geol. Inst. Univ. Uppsala 4 62/1 This large teleosaurian has been named as Mystriosaurus bollensis. 2004 Paleogeogr., Paleoclimatol. & Paleoecol. 203 110/2 Teleosaurian crocodiles appear to be absent. Teleosaurus n. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/ , /ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɔːrəs/ , U.S. /ˌtɛliəˈsɔrəs/ , /ˌtiliəˈsɔrəs/ [after scientific Latin Teleosaurus (1836 or earlier: see quot. 1836), itself after French téléosaurus (É. G. St-Hilaire 1825, in Jrnl. de pharmacie 11 130); compare French téléosaure (1830 or earlier)] Palaeontology any of the extinct marine crocodilians constituting the Mesozoic genus Teleosaurus, having a long, slender snout. ΚΠ 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 252 (note) M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire has arranged the fossil Saurians with long and narrow beaks, like that of the Gavial, under the two new genera, Teleosaurus and Steneosaurus. 1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth (1878) xvi. 251 Teleosaurus..in some respects allied to the living Gavials of India. 2009 D. Lessem Sea Giants of Dinosaur Times (ed. 2) 16 (caption) Teleosaurus swishes quickly through the water. Its short legs are tucked up against its body. † teleotemporal n. Zoology Obsolete in a teleost fish, any of a group of dermal bones located posterior and internal to the pectoral girdle (now usually called postcleithrum). ΚΠ 1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes p. xviii (table) Teleotemporals. 1885 R. W. Shufeldt Osteol. Amia Calva in Rep. Commissioner 1883 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 824 The teleotemporal of the Mudfish is of a quadrilateral outline, and this Ganoid is without any lower teleotemporal. 1901 Bull. Bureau Fisheries 1899 19 314 (caption) Lower teleotemporal. † Teleozoa n. [after Protozoa n.] Biology Obsolete rare a group comprising multicellular (metazoan) animals (perhaps spec. those considered to be of the highest or most perfect degree of organization), as contrasted with the Protozoa. ΚΠ 1867 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. iv. iv. §169. 77 Among the Protozoa..and from the minute anatomy of all creatures above these, up to the Teleozoa. † teleozoic adj. [after Teleozoa n.; compare protozoic adj.²] Biology Obsolete rare of, relating to, or of the nature of the Teleozoa; metazoan, multicellular.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. Teleozoic, of the character of a teleozoön; pertaining to the teleozoa; metazoan; not protozoan. † teleozoon n. (also teleozoön) [ < teleo- comb. form¹ + -zoon comb. form, as singular form corresponding to Teleozoa n.; compare protozoon n.] Biology Obsolete rare a member of the Teleozoa; a multicellular animal, a metazoan.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > [noun] > organisms of higher organization teleozoon1883 1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 321/2 Teleozoon, any animal composed of a number of cells and arranged in tissues. 1891 Cent. Dict. Teleozoön, a complete animal; a metazoan as distinguished from a protozoan organism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). teleo-comb. form² Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: before a vowel tele- Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek τελε- , τέλος , -o- connective. Etymology: < ancient Greek τελε-, oblique stem of τέλος end (see telos n.) + -o- connective. Compare German Teleo- (formations in which are found from at least the second half of the 19th cent., e.g. Teleophobie : see teleophobia n.). Compare telo- comb. form¹, and also teleo- comb. form¹.Attested earliest in the late 17th cent. in the Greek loan telearch n., and subsequently in the first half of the 18th cent. in the Latin loan teleology n. Formations within English are found from the late 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek origin. Forming nouns and adjectives relating to a goal, end, or final cause, or to the concepts of purpose or design. Cf. teleology n. See also telo- comb. form¹. teleophobia n. Brit. /ˌtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/ , /ˌtɛlɪə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/ , U.S. /ˌtɛliəˈfoʊbiə/ , /ˌtiliəˈfoʊbiə/ [after German Teleophobie (K. E. von Baer 1866, in Bull. de l'Acad. Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg 9 126)] aversion to teleological explanations for natural phenomena. ΚΠ 1880 M. S. Phelps tr. R. Eucken Fund. Concepts Mod. Philos. Thought 210 Perhaps this historical discussion may serve to moderate this ‘teleophobia’ [Ger. Teleophobie] ridiculed by K. E. von Baer. 1960 Philosophy 35 160 The teleophobia of biologists and physicists should not be carried over to the human sciences. 2008 D. Walsh in M. Ruse Oxf. Handbk. Philos. Biol. v. 133 These objections are merely holdovers from the teleophobia prevalent in early modern thinking about the natural world. teleorganic adj. Brit. /ˌtiːlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/ , /ˌtɛlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/ , U.S. /ˌtɛliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/ , /ˌtiliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/ now rare †(a) designating fully organic (living) matter (obsolete); of or relating to such matter (obsolete); (b) serving the ends of the organism as a whole; of or relating to the organism as a whole. [In sense (a) influenced by teleo- comb. form¹.] ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > serving purposes of organisms teleorganic1853 1853 G. H. Lewes Comte's Philos. Sci. 153 Teleorganic matter is matter in that condition in which the cell, fully equipped, can, and does, perform its function. 1860 T. Laycock Mind & Brain II. vi. 443 So that the teleorganic changes taking place therein [sc. in the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres]..in the usual states coincide with conscious states. 1862 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 4 188 It is the final cause of all those derivatives or correlative laws and forces of the primary forces of matter, which, operating in his body as ‘teleorganic’ laws and forces, or vital laws and forces of adaptation to ends, build up his body into an organism. 1966 B. Poole in Adv. Morphogenesis 5 95 From a teleorganic point of view, the functional capacity of a tissue is the variable that must be controlled. 1978 G. E. Gaull et al. in F. Falkner & J. M. Tanner Human Growth I. ii. 25 The schedule of enzyme development in liver has a certain teleorganic wisdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form¹1836comb. form²1853
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