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单词 white-blooded
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white-bloodedadj.

Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈblʌdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈblədəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., blooded adj.
Etymology: < white adj. + blooded adj., after white blood n.
Zoology.
Of an animal: having white blood (white blood n. 3).
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white-blooded1797
1797 Monthly Mag. Mar. 209 On this account, the molluscæ ought to be placed at the head of the white-blooded animals.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 165/1 The natural position of the white-blooded worms is by the side of those with red blood.
1910 Med. Standard 33 448/1 Arsenic is said to take the place of iron in ‘white-blooded’ creatures.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xvii. 308/2 These fishes are sometimes referred to as ‘white-blooded’ or ‘bloodless’ because their blood contains no hemoglobin.
2012 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 21 Apr. 16 Meduna goes on to discuss..other more exotic marine life including the white-blooded Antarctic fish that carry anti-freeze proteins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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