单词 | villiform |
释义 | villiformadj. Zoology. Of the teeth of certain fishes: Having the form of villi; so numerous, slender, and closely set, as to resemble the pile of velvet. Also Botany, ‘resembling villi’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > of teeth molar1626 cardiform1834 molary1835 villiform1846 ciliiform1849 ctenoid1872 1846 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. Animals ix. 220 Conical teeth, as close set and sharp pointed as the villiform teeth. 1849 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 874/1 The teeth of the Sheat-fish..present all the gradations between the villiform and raduliform types. 1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) App. 563 The minute villiform teeth of osseous fishes. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 126 Very fine conical teeth arranged in a band are termed villiform teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1846 |
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