单词 | zoea |
释义 | zoean. Zoology. †(a) (An animal of) a supposed genus of crustaceans, founded on certain larval forms mistaken for adults. Obsolete. (b) A larval stage of development in crustaceans, esp. decapods, usually characterized by one or more spines on the carapace, and rudimentary thoracic and abdominal limbs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > at larval stage zoea1828 nauplius1869 1828 J. V. Thompson Zool. Res. I. i. 5 The fifth or terminal joint formed as in all the genuine Zoeas, of a deep fork, the inner sides of which are furnished with three small spines. 1828 J. V. Thompson Zool. Res. I. i. 9 On the 1st of May of the present year, (1827,) another large Zoea was taken. 1828 J. V. Thompson Zool. Res. I. i. 11 (note) The French have adopted the term Zoe for these animals, which, as more simple, and better suited to the genius of our own language than the Latin, may be used in familiar discourse without any impropriety. 1828 J. V. Thompson Zool. Res. I. i. 63 The Zoe or Larva of the common or edible Crab. 1835 Westwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 125 324 If..these latter Zoes are to be regarded as the larvæ of Crabs, they must be considered as having acquired the maximum of their Zoe form. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 303 In most Podophthalmia the embryo leaves the egg, not as a Nauplius, but as a Zoœa, which has thoracic, but no abdominal, appendages. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 169 In the larval form [of the crayfish] known as Zoaea, the first Zoaea-stage has no palp to the mandible. Compounds General attributive, as zoea-form, zoea-phase, zoea-stage. ΚΠ 1857 P. H. Gosse Omphalos viii. 217 The Zoea form [of the crab], with carapace rising into a tall erect spine, sessile eyes, no claws. 1865 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 2 508 This Zöea-phase afterwards gives place to one which can only be called a Mysis-phase. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 169 In the larval form [of the crayfish] known as Zoaea, the first Zoaea-stage has no palp to the mandible. Derivatives zoeal adj. /zəʊˈiːəl/ of a zoea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of larva or larval stage zoid1864 zoeal?1870 ?1870 P. M. Duncan Transformations Insects xvii. 459 During the next zoëal period the paired eyes..are formed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1828 |
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