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单词 marsupite
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marsupiten.

Brit. /ˈmɑːs(j)ᵿpʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɑrsəpaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Marsupites.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Marsupites, genus name (G. A. Mantell (see quot. 1821), published in Fossils of South Downs (1822) xiii. 183) < classical Latin marsūpium (see marsupium n.) + -ītēs -ite suffix1.
Palaeontology. Now rare.
A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, with a large stemless calyx resembling a purse.Earlier called a tortoise encrinite. The genus name Marsupites is still current.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite > member of genus Marsupites
tortoise encrinite1808
marsupite1821
1821 J. S. Miller Nat. Hist. Crinoidea 135 Mr. Gideon Mantell, the author of a work on the Southdown fossils, which will shortly appear.., has (from his vicinity to the chalk pits of Brighton, where the Marsupite occurs) given its remains a due share of attention. It being generally found deprived of arms..induced Mr. Mantell to give it the name Marsupites, from the Latin. I think this name so well chosen, that I have taken the liberty to adopt it.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 98 Which..I considered as belonging to the tortoise encrinite, or the marsupite of Mr. Mantell.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xiii. 11 The Marsupites..form the link which connects the proper or pedunculated Crinoïdeans with the Stelleridans.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) 828 The middle division, or Margate Chalk, has been named the Marsupite zone by Dr. Barrois.
1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 204 149 M. Filliozat..has discovered certain neritic deposits in Vendôme which contain Marsupite plates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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