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单词 ephippium
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ephippium

[ ih-fip-ee-uhm ]
/ ɪˈfɪp i əm /

noun, plural e·phip·pi·a [ih-fip-ee-uh]. /ɪˈfɪp i ə/. Zoology.

a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.

Origin of ephippium

1835–45; <New Latin <Greek ephíppion, noun use of neuter of ephíppios for putting on a horse, equivalent to ep-ep- + hípp(os) horse + -ios adj. suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM ephippium

e·phip·pi·al, adjective

Words nearby ephippium

ephemeropteran, ephemerous, Ephesian, Ephesians, Ephesus, ephippium, ephod, ephor, Ephraim, Ephraimite, Ephrata
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Example sentences from the Web for ephippium

  • It is in no way closely related to the large Bornean R. ephippium.

    Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands|Gerrit Miller
  • Indeed its relationship to the Siamese species is much closer than to the R. ephippium of Borneo.

    Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands|Gerrit Miller
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