单词 | autacanthid |
释义 | > as lemmasautacanthid autacanthid adj. Brit. /ˌɔːtəˈkanθɪd/ , U.S. /ˌɔdəˈkænθəd/ , /ˌɑdəˈkænθəd/ [ < auto- comb. form1 + ancient Greek ἄκανθα spine (see acanthus n.) + -id suffix1] Zoology (now disused) (in the terminology of F. J. Bell) designating a starfish whose spines arise on specialized dermal ossicles; cf. typacanthid adj. at typo- comb. form .ΚΠ 1881 F. J. Bell in Proc. Zool. Soc. 3 May 502 The forms in which the spines thus rise from special plates may be distinguished as autacanthid. 1914 A. E. Verrill Monogr. Shallow-water Starfishes N. Pacific Coast 35 Mr. Bell..made a special distinction between those species that bear certain spines on isolated or special dermal ossicles (autacanthid) and those that bear spines only on the regular skeletal ossicles. < as lemmas |
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