zeuglodontn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈz(j)uːɡlədɒnt/, U.S.

/ˈzuɡləˌdɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek ζεύγλη , -odont comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ζεύγλη strap or loop of a yoke (see Zeuglodon n.) + -odont comb. form, after scientific Latin Zeuglodon Zeuglodon n. Compare earlier Zeuglodon n.

Palaeontology.

A. n.

An extinct cetacean of, or related to, the former genus Zeuglodon (see Basilosaurus n.).

ΘΚΠ

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Zeuglodon1839

zeuglodont1850

Squalodon1872

squalodont1889

zeuglodontoid1891

1850 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3 241 Fossil bones of Seals found in the Miocene deposit..occur in company with the teeth of Sharks and Zeuglodonts.

1960 R. Casanova Fossil Collecting (1970) iv. 89 The early whales or zeuglodonts..were carnivorous, and the sea-cows..fed on seaweed.

2001 P. Harrison Sea Serpents & Lake Monsters Brit. Isles Introd. 42 The zeuglodont (yoke-toothed whale) is an early form of whale which lived mainly in the Eocene Epoch.

B. adj.

Of or relating to extinct cetaceans of the former genus Zeuglodon (see Basilosaurus n.); designating such a cetacean.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [adjective] > belonging to extinct type

zeuglodont1862

zeuglodontoid1891

1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 471/1 As the ichthyosaurus was replaced by the whale-like cetaceans, so the plesiosaurus may have been by the zeuglodont cetaceans.

1885 R. Etheridge Phillips's Man. Geol. (new ed.) II. 650 Whales of the Zeuglodont family.

1892 Athenæum 12 Nov. 667/3 Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the tertiaries of the Caucasus.

2009 P. V. Tobias in O. Harman & M. R. Dietrich Rebels, Mavericks, & Heretics Biol. v. 84 To these jejune adventures were added..the trigeminal cranial nerve and its supposed relation to the cerebellum in the ancient Zeuglodont whales.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zeuglodont
释义	zeuglodontn.adj. Brit. /ˈz(j)uːɡlədɒnt/, U.S. /ˈzuɡləˌdɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek ζεύγλη , -odont comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek ζεύγλη strap or loop of a yoke (see Zeuglodon n.) + -odont comb. form, after scientific Latin Zeuglodon Zeuglodon n. Compare earlier Zeuglodon n. Palaeontology. A. n. An extinct cetacean of, or related to, the former genus Zeuglodon (see Basilosaurus n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > extinct types of Zeuglodon1839 zeuglodont1850 Squalodon1872 squalodont1889 zeuglodontoid1891 1850 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3 241 Fossil bones of Seals found in the Miocene deposit..occur in company with the teeth of Sharks and Zeuglodonts. 1960 R. Casanova Fossil Collecting (1970) iv. 89 The early whales or zeuglodonts..were carnivorous, and the sea-cows..fed on seaweed. 2001 P. Harrison Sea Serpents & Lake Monsters Brit. Isles Introd. 42 The zeuglodont (yoke-toothed whale) is an early form of whale which lived mainly in the Eocene Epoch. B. adj. Of or relating to extinct cetaceans of the former genus Zeuglodon (see Basilosaurus n.); designating such a cetacean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [adjective] > belonging to extinct type zeuglodont1862 zeuglodontoid1891 1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 471/1 As the ichthyosaurus was replaced by the whale-like cetaceans, so the plesiosaurus may have been by the zeuglodont cetaceans. 1885 R. Etheridge Phillips's Man. Geol. (new ed.) II. 650 Whales of the Zeuglodont family. 1892 Athenæum 12 Nov. 667/3 Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the tertiaries of the Caucasus. 2009 P. V. Tobias in O. Harman & M. R. Dietrich Rebels, Mavericks, & Heretics Biol. v. 84 To these jejune adventures were added..the trigeminal cranial nerve and its supposed relation to the cerebellum in the ancient Zeuglodont whales. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1850
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