单词 | encrinus |
释义 | Encrinusn. Zoology. 1. †(a) A name formerly applied generally to fossil crinoids; = encrinite n. Obsolete. (b) Now the name of a particular (extinct) genus of crinoids, the type of the family Encrinidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite entrochus1661 syntrochite1681 Encrinus1762 encrinite1808 stone-lily1808 crinite1826 stone-flower1847 1762 [see sense 2]. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xi. 138 To convert an Encrinus into an animal capable of locomotion. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 228 In encrinus, it is composed of different-sized circular plates. ΚΠ 1762 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 358 As it comes nearest to the fossils called encrini..I shall keep to that name, and call it encrinus. 1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) Encrinos. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XIII Encrinus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1762 |
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