单词 | ephippium |
释义 | ephippium —ephippial, adj. /i fip"ee euhm/, n. , pl. ephippia /i fip"ee euh/. Zool. a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran. [1835-45; < NL < Gk ephíppion, n. use of neut. of ephíppios for putting on a horse, equiv. to ep- EP- + hípp(os) horse + -ios adj. suffix] |
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