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单词 acoelomatous
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acoelomatousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from German, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: German Acoelom , English -at- , -ous suffix; German acoelom , English -at- , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < either German Acoelom, noun ( E. Haeckel Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte (1873) 463) or the corresponding adjective acoelom (1874 in the passage translated in quot. 1874; both < a- a- prefix6 + Coelom cœlome n.) + -ous suffix, with insertion of -at- after either ancient Greek κοίλωματ-, stem of κοίλωμα a hollow, cavity (see cœlome n.) or German Coelomat cœlomate n. Compare slightly later cœlomatous adj.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
Lacking a body cavity; = acoelomate adj.
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acoelomatous1874
acoelomate1885
1874 tr. E. Haeckel in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 14 151 From these primary older acœlomatous [Ger. acoelomen] worms the higher worms (Cœlomati) have secondly developed themselves by the formation of a cœlom and of a circulatory system.
1883 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (ed. 3) II. xxii. 282 These acœlomatous worms did not as yet possess a true body-cavity (cœlom) nor blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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