† malacostomousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin malacostomus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin malacostomus (J. Ray and F. Willughby Historia Piscium (1686) 24; < ancient Greek μαλακο- malaco- comb. form + στόμα mouth: see stoma n.) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mælăkǫ·stŏməs) /mæləˈkɒstəməs/.

Ichthyology. Obsolete.

Of a fish: having a toothless jaw; cf. leather-mouthed adj. at leather n. Compounds 3.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Malacostomous, in ichthyography, the name of a large genus of fishes, called in English the leather-mouth'd kind.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Malacostomous, having a soft mouth, leather mouthed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	malacostomous
释义	† malacostomousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin malacostomus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin malacostomus (J. Ray and F. Willughby Historia Piscium (1686) 24; < ancient Greek μαλακο- malaco- comb. form + στόμα mouth: see stoma n.) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mælăkǫ·stŏməs) /mæləˈkɒstəməs/. Ichthyology. Obsolete. Of a fish: having a toothless jaw; cf. leather-mouthed adj. at leather n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Malacostomous, in ichthyography, the name of a large genus of fishes, called in English the leather-mouth'd kind. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Malacostomous, having a soft mouth, leather mouthed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1753
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