英语词汇“alcyonium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

alcyonium

/ˌalsɪˈəʊnɪəm/

Zoology

noun

Originally: †any of various sessile marine invertebrates, mainly soft corals and sponges (obsolete ). In later use: specifically an alcyonarian coral of the genus Alcyonium, colonies of which form irregular fleshy masses on rocks and stones; especially the well-known dead men's fingers, A. digitatum, of the north-east Atlantic; (also in form Alcyonium) the genus itself.

The application of the genus name to a coral follows Linnaeus (1758), but early confusion arose from use of the name by Pallas (1766) and Lamarck (1815) for organisms later identified as sponges..

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From classical Latin alcyonīum (also alcyonēum), a kind of sponge (later adopted into scientific Latin as genus name Alcyonium by Linnaeus Systema naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 803) from Hellenistic Greek ἀλκυόνιον, ancient Greek ἀλκυόνειον from ἀλκυών + -ειον, suffix forming nouns; so called according to Dioscorides from its supposed resemblance to the mythical halcyon's nest.

单词	alcyonium
释义	alcyonium /ˌalsɪˈəʊnɪəm/ Zoology noun Originally: †any of various sessile marine invertebrates, mainly soft corals and sponges (obsolete ). In later use: specifically an alcyonarian coral of the genus Alcyonium, colonies of which form irregular fleshy masses on rocks and stones; especially the well-known dead men's fingers, A. digitatum, of the north-east Atlantic; (also in form Alcyonium) the genus itself. The application of the genus name to a coral follows Linnaeus (1758), but early confusion arose from use of the name by Pallas (1766) and Lamarck (1815) for organisms later identified as sponges.. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From classical Latin alcyonīum (also alcyonēum), a kind of sponge (later adopted into scientific Latin as genus name Alcyonium by Linnaeus Systema naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 803) from Hellenistic Greek ἀλκυόνιον, ancient Greek ἀλκυόνειον from ἀλκυών + -ειον, suffix forming nouns; so called according to Dioscorides from its supposed resemblance to the mythical halcyon's nest.
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