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

单词

acanthine

释义

acanthus /ə-kanˈthəs/

noun (pl acanthˈuses or acanthˈi /-ī/)

Any plant of the prickly-leaved genus Acanthus, esp A. spinosus or A. mollis
A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, as in Corinthian capitals

ORIGIN: Gr akanthos, from akē point

acanthˈ noun (obsolete)

Acanthus

acanthˈa noun

Acanthāˈceae /ak-/ plural noun

The acanthus family, related to the figworts

acanthāˈceous adjective

Acanthamoeˈba noun (medicine)

A protozoan living in tapwater, which may cause keratitis in contact lens wearers

acanthˈin noun

Strontium sulphate in skeletons of Radiolaria

acanthˈine adjective

Of, like or ornamented with acanthus

Acanthocephˈala plural noun

(Gr kephalē head) a division of parasitic worms with spiny proboscis and no mouth or alimentary canal

acanthocephˈalan adjective

acanthˈoid adjective

acanthopterygian /ak-an-thop-tər-ijˈyən/ adjective

(Gr pteryx, -ygos wing, fin) spiny-finned

acanthˈous adjective

Spiny

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