英语词汇“living fossil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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living fossil

living fossil n. a plant or animal species that has survived the extinction of others of its group, typically with little apparent evolutionary change; also figurative.

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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > extinction > creature that has survived extinction

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1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 107 These anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition.

1935 C. J. Chamberlain Gymnosperms iv. 61 The cycads of today may well be called ‘living fossils’.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo viii. 186 You see here before you not just any old native speaker but the very last of the native speakers. A living fossil, no less.

2014 New Yorker 24 Nov. 47/1 The ginkgo family has been around since before the dinosaurs, and its only remaining member, Ginkgo biloba, is a living fossil.

extracted from livingadj.n.¹

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单词	living fossil
释义	> as lemmas living fossil living fossil n. a plant or animal species that has survived the extinction of others of its group, typically with little apparent evolutionary change; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > extinction > creature that has survived extinction living fossil1859 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 107 These anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition. 1935 C. J. Chamberlain Gymnosperms iv. 61 The cycads of today may well be called ‘living fossils’. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo viii. 186 You see here before you not just any old native speaker but the very last of the native speakers. A living fossil, no less. 2014 New Yorker 24 Nov. 47/1 The ginkgo family has been around since before the dinosaurs, and its only remaining member, Ginkgo biloba, is a living fossil. extracted from livingadj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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