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entomo-
(before two unaccented syllables |ɛntəˈmɒ-|; before one unacc. syll. |ɛnˈtɒmə-|; before an acc. syll. |ˌɛntəməʊ-|, combining form of Gr. ἔντοµος adj. ‘cut up’, in neut. pl. used in sense ‘insects’, with reference to the division of their bodies into segments: cf. L. insecta: see insect. Occurring with sense ‘insect’ in many scientific compounds of modern formation, as entoˈmogenous a. Bot. [Gr. -γενής born, produced + -ous], having its growth in the body of insects. enˈtomolite, Geol. [Gr. λίθος stone], a fossil insect. entoˈmometer [Gr. µέτρον measure], an instrument for measuring the parts of insects. entoˈmophagan, Zool. [Gr. ϕαγ-εῖν to eat + -an], one of the Entomophaga or insect-eaters—in mammals, a division of the Marsupialia, in insects of the Hymenoptera. entoˈmophagous a. [Gr. ϕαγ-εῖν to eat + -ous], insect-eating. entoˈmophilous a. Bot. [Gr. ϕίλ-ος friend + -ous], applied to plants in which fertilization is effected through the agency of insects. entoˈmostracan a. Zool. and Geol. [Gr. ὄστρακ-ον shell + -an], of or belonging to the Entomostraca, one of the orders of the Crustacea (see quot.); also as n. entoˈmostracous a. [Gr. ὄστρακ-ον + -ous] = prec. entoˈmotomist, Zool. [f. next + -ist], one who dissects insects. entoˈmotomy, Zool. [Gr. -τοµία cutting], the science of the dissection of insects to ascertain their structure, insect anatomy.
1865Reader No. 119. 406/1 Curious *entomogenous fungi.
1840–3W. Humble Dict. Geol. & Min., *Entomolite, a fossil insect; a petrified insect.
1840W. Whewell Philos. Induct. Sci. I. p. cx, The words Carnivores and Insectivores are better..than Greek terms; otherwise we might..speak of Zoophagans and *Entomophagans.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 259/2 But in most of the *Entomophagous genera..the canines present a marked inferiority of development.
1880Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §4. 217 Delpino has classified flowers into Anemophilous and *Entomophilous. 1882G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 373 Plantago must be descended from an entomophilous ancestor.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xiii. 7 To place the Cirripedes immediately before the *Entomostracan Crustaceans. 1835Entomostracan [see malacostracan a. and n.]. 1847Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 199 He had added two Entomostracans.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 43 Small animals, such as *entomostracous crustacea. |