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单词 lyencephalous
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lyencephalousadj.

/lʌɪɪnˈsɛfələs/
Etymology: < modern Latin Lyencephala (Owen) + -ous suffix. According to Owen himself ( Classif. Mammalia, 1859), his term Lyencephala is < Greek λύειν to loose + ἐγκέϕαλος brain (see encephalon n.), and signifies ‘the comparatively loose or disconnected state of the cerebral hemispheres’.
Zoology.
Of or belonging to the Lyencephala, in Owen's classification the lowest group of Mammals, including the Monotremes and the Marsupials.In later dictionaries.
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1859 R. Owen Lect. Classif. Mammalia 27 The Lyencephalous Mammalia.
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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