单词 | megalopore |
释义 | > as lemmasmegalopore megalopore n. Brit. /ˈmɛɡələ(ʊ)pɔː/ , /ˈmɛɡl̩ə(ʊ)pɔː/ , U.S. /ˈmɛɡ(ə)ləˌpɔr/ [ < megalo- comb. form + pore n.1; compare micropore n., and French mégalopore (1868 in Littré)] Zoology one of the larger of the two kinds of pores present in the dorsal shell of certain chitons.ΚΠ 1884 H. N. Moseley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1885) 781 The plug-like ends of [the megalaesthetes]..can be protruded from a series of pores (‘megalopores’) by which this surface is covered. 1992 M. Stachowitsch Invertebr. 197/1 Megalopore, one of numerous larger pores in outer surface of valve. < as lemmas |
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