单词 | halosaurus |
释义 | halosaurusn. A deep-water marine fish of the genus so called, characterized by an elongated body and long tapering tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Notocanthiformes > member of family Halosauridae spine-eel1883 halosaur1904 halosaurus1904 1863 J. Y. Johnson in Proc. Zool. Soc. 406 Halosaurus, gen. nov. Body elongated, clothed with cycloid scales;..tail compressed and tapering to a point.] 1904 G. A. Boulenger in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VII. xxii. 624 In Halosaurus the scales of the lateral line..are scarcely enlarged. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal iv. 68 In the depth of Setúbal they were visited by many weird monsters,..notably, the halosaurus with a long undulating tail. Derivatives ˈhalosaur n. a member of the family Halosauridæ, which includes both fossil and living fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Notocanthiformes > member of family Halosauridae spine-eel1883 halosaur1904 halosaurus1904 1904 G. A. Boulenger in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VII. xxii. 622 The conformation of the pectoral arch has much in common with that of the Halosaurs. 1963 New Scientist 10 Jan. 80 The deeper-living benthic fishes, those that live at depths beyond 2,000 metres, are..halosaurs (Halosauridae). 1971 Nature 2 Apr. 279/1 They include the halosaurs, which are known to develop from leptocephalus larvae, and the spiny eels or notacanths. ˌhaloˈsauroid adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a fish of this kind; also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [adjective] > of or relating to halosaurus halosauroid1893 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Halosauroid, a. & n. 1897 Proc. Zool. Soc. 268 On Echidnocephalus, a Halosauroid Fish from the Upper Cretaceous Formation of Westphalia... Thanks to..new specimens of Halosaurus obtained by the ‘Challenger’ Expedition, it is now possible to demonstrate that..the strange Halosauroid type was already completely developed before the end of the Cretaceous period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1893 |
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