单词 | zoonerythrin |
释义 | > as lemmaszoonerythrin zoonerythrin n. Brit. /ˌzuːə(ʊ)nᵻˈrɪθrɪn/ , /ˌzuːɒnᵻˈrɪθrɪn/ , /ˌzəʊə(ʊ)nᵻˈrɪθrɪn/ , /ˌzəʊɒnᵻˈrɪθrɪn/ , U.S. /ˌzoʊənəˈrɪθrən/ , /ˌzuənəˈrɪθrən/ now disused a red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds; = zooerythrin n. [Alteration of zooerythrin n., with insertion of n, probably for euphony; perhaps influenced by association with zoon n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Musophagidae (turaco) > parts of zooerythrin1871 zoofulvin1871 zoonerythrin1882 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > parts of > red pigment zooerythrin1871 zoonerythrin1882 1882 Bull. Nuttall Ornithol. Club 7 115 Zoönerythrin, another red pigment of much wider distribution, is found in red feathers. 1883 Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1881 476 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (47th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 109) II Three different substances have been found in the red and yellow feathers of birds, to which have been given the names Turacin, Zoonerythrin, and Zoofuloin. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 226 The lobster has a second pigment, quite apart from zoönerythrin. < as lemmas |
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