† empetrousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French empêtré , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < French empêtré (1792 or earlier in zoological use, attributed to E. L. Daubenton; use as adjective of past participle of empêtrer impester v.) + -ous suffix.The mammals in question (seals, walruses, dugongs, and manatees) were called Empêtrés in the classifications of Vicq d'Azyr (1792) and Lacépède (1799). N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (e·mpĭtrəs) /ˈɛmpɪtrəs/.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Belonging to a former subdivision of mammals with hind limbs in the form of flippers.

ΚΠ

1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Empetrous, a term applied to animals like the seal, which have such short members or limbs that they lie directly upon the ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	empetrous
释义	† empetrousadj. Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French empêtré , -ous suffix. Etymology: < French empêtré (1792 or earlier in zoological use, attributed to E. L. Daubenton; use as adjective of past participle of empêtrer impester v.) + -ous suffix.The mammals in question (seals, walruses, dugongs, and manatees) were called Empêtrés in the classifications of Vicq d'Azyr (1792) and Lacépède (1799). N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (e·mpĭtrəs) /ˈɛmpɪtrəs/. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Belonging to a former subdivision of mammals with hind limbs in the form of flippers. ΚΠ 1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Empetrous, a term applied to animals like the seal, which have such short members or limbs that they lie directly upon the ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1884
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