释义 |
peromelous, a. Zool.|pɪəˈrɒmɪləs| [f. Gr. πηροµελής with maimed limbs (f. πηρός maimed + µέλος limb) + -ous.] Having the limbs defective or wanting, as the group Peromela (Duméril 1841) or Ophiomorpha of Amphibians, now Aistopoda.
1875Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 751/1 Some Labyrinthodonts were devoid of limbs, or peromelous. Ibid. 770/2 The peromelous modification of the Labyrinthodont type. |