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单词 mastigopod
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mastigopodn.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μαστιγο- , μάστιξ , -pod comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μαστιγο-, combining form (compare mastigophorous adj.) of μάστιξ whip (see -mastix comb. form) + -pod comb. form. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·stigŏpǫd) /ˈmæstɪɡəpɒd/.
Biology. Obsolete.
A. n.
T. H. Huxley's name for: a protozoan having cilia or flagella.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > [noun] > member of
mastigopod1875
flagellate1879
mastigophore1890
zooflagellate1911
mastigophoran1928
1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 50/1 The myxopod..gives rise by division to bodies provided with long flagelliform cilia..which may be termed mastigopods.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 76 It will be convenient to distinguish those Protozoa..which are provided with cilia or flagella, as mastigopods.
1890 in Cent. Dict. at Myxopod A protozoan animal possessing pseudopodia, as distinguished from a mastigopod, one which has cilia or flagella.
B. adj.
Characterized by having cilia or flagella, or both.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective]
ciliated1753
ciliate1760
villous1764
mastigopod1890
pelurious1922
1890 in Cent. Dict. Mastigopod, Furnished with cilia or flagella, or both, as an infusorian; of or pertaining to the Mastigopoda.
1898 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 29 Forms which pass through both the myxopod and mastigopod condition.

Derivatives

mastigopodous adj. rare = sense B.
ΚΠ
1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. ii. 38 The first cycle of development in this direction, exhibiting a transition from the Rhizopodal or Myxopodous towards the Flagelliform or Mastigopodous structural type, is evidently embodied in the group or order of the Trypanosomata.
1890 Cent. Dict. Mastigopodous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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n.adj.1875
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