| 释义 |
anguineous, a. rare.|æŋˈgwɪnɪəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous: see -eous.]
Of the nature or appearance of a snake; as in Anguineous Hyperbola, a name given by Newton to four of his curves of the second order.
1656Blount Glossogr., Anguineous, of or belonging to a Snake. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Curve, That [hyperbola] which cuts its asymptote with contrary flexures, and is produced both ways into contrary legs, anguineous or snake-like. 1858Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. II. 285 Body elongate, anguineous. |