单词 | tympaniform |
释义 | tympaniformadj. Natural History. Having the form of a drum, or (usually) of a drum-head; stretched like a drum-head: spec. applied to certain membranes in the bronchi of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > stretched like drum tympaniform1854 tympanoid1863 1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 291/1 It is to this usually large portion of the wall of each bronchus that Cuvier gives the name, tympaniform membrane. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 58 In almost all birds..the bronchi are strengthened by cartilaginous semirings; the ends of these..are closed by the inner tympaniform membrane. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds 940 Syrinx trachealis... Both inner and outer tympaniform membranes exist in the Bronchi. 1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1854 |
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