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单词 kinorhyncha
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Kinorhynchan.

Brit. /ˌkʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈrɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˌkaɪnəˈrɪŋkə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Kinorhyncha.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Kinorhyncha (V. V. Reinhard 1887, in Zeitschrift f. Wissensch. Zool. 45 463) < kino- kino- comb. form + ancient Greek ῥύγχος snout (see -rhynchous comb. form) + scientific Latin -a -a suffix2.
Zoology.
With plural agreement: a small phylum of minute invertebrates that occur in marine mud and sand, characterized by a retractile spiny head and a segmented body; (also) animals of this phylum (collectively or individually).The Kinorhyncha are thought to be related to rotifers and nematodes, and they were formerly regarded as a class of the phylum Aschelminthes.
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1897 Science 18 June 958/2 The work is shared by seven authors, as follows: Platyhelminthes and Mesozoa, by F. W. Gamble..; Rotifera, Gastrotricha and Kinorhyncha, by Marcus Hartog.
1968 Jrnl. Invertebr. Pathol. 12 63/1 In the Aschelminthes, which includes the Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Kinorhyncha, Priapulida, and Nematoda, the primary defense of the organism appears to be the cuticle.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. v. 201 The Kinorhyncha are commonly called ‘mud dragons’: they include about 150 species of creatures that live on the sea bottom, all less than a millimetre long.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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