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单词 malacozoic
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malacozoicadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Malacozoa , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Malacozoa ( H. M. D. de Blainville Man. de malacologie et de conchyliologie (1825) III. 363; < ancient Greek μαλακο- malaco- comb. form + ζῶον animal: see zoon n.) + -ic suffix. Compare French malacozoaire (1822 de Blainville). Compare earlier malacozoology n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·lăkozōu·ik) /ˈmæləkəʊˈzəʊɪk/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
malacozoic series n. (T. H. Huxley's term for) a group of soft-bodied animals, comprising bryozoans, brachiopods, and molluscs and considered to form a related series.
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Mollusca1661
Acrita1823
microzoon1859
microzoary1863
malacozoic series1877
protostome1958
acoelomate1964
protostomian1968
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals xii. 679 A fourth series is that which I shall term the malacozoic series. It includes the Malacoscolices and the Mollusca. The entoproctous Polyzoa form the lowest term of this series.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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