单词 | uniramian |
释义 | uniramianadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Of or relating to the group Uniramia. ΚΠ 1974 Florida Entomologist 57 135 Only the muscular haemocoelic mechanism of movement of the lobopodium, but not that of a parapodium, could have given rise to the jointed uniramian limbs. 1988 Q. Rev. Biol. 63 200/2 All three of these ‘primitive’ uniramian characteristics are present in Daphnia. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. viii. 256 These new studies throw doubt on Manton's proposal that ‘uniramian’ jaws are vastly different from crustacean jaws. B. n. An animal of the group Uniramia. ΚΠ 1974 Science 4 Oct. 14/2 A multi-ramous postoral limb links trilobites with crustaceans and chelicerates but distinguishes them from uniramians. 1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 25 The Burgess Shale includes..early representatives of all four major kinds of arthropods, the dominant animals on earth today—the trilobites.., the crustaceans.., the chelicerates.., and the uniramians (including insects). 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 16 It is true that..all uniramians lack anything comparable to the second pair of antennae present in crustaceans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1974 |
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