metapodialadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈpəʊdɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈpoʊdiəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metapodium n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < metapodium n. + -al suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin metapodialis (in ossa metapodialia (B. G. Wilder & S. H. Gage Anat. Technol. (1882) 41)).

Zoology.

A. adj.

1. Designating a bone of the metacarpus or metatarsus, esp. in a quadruped; of, relating to, or made from such a bone.

ΚΠ

1862 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 152 466 In the same slab of stone are parts or impressions of several ribs, a humerus, antibrachial and metapodial bones.

1876 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 112 61 All mammals from these formations had separate metapodial bones.

1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 1073 The distal metapodial keels are completed forwards, as in most ruminants.

1956 A. S. Romer Osteol. Reptiles viii. 413 In addition to the reduction of toe V to a metapodial nubbin, toe IV has become slender.

1970 Current Anthropol. 11 31/3 I..base this conclusion entirely on the presence of abundant bone flakes and on certain particular tool types (such as unfinished metapodial scoops).

1993 Jrnl. Zool. 231 157 This material manifests such obvious lesions as vertebral and metapodial osteo-arthritis.

2. Of or relating to the metapodium of a mollusc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of

pedal1625

sinistral1803

lingual1826

byssiferous1835

pallial1836

metapodal1853

byssal1854

boreal1856

branchio-parietal1856

odontophorous1870

odontophoral1877

branchio-pallial1880

lentigerous1883

osphradial1883

pleurecbolic1883

pleurembolic1883

byssogenous1886

ctenidial1888

metapodial1890

pseudofaecal1953

1890 in Cent. Dict. Metapodial...Of or pertaining to the metapodium of a mollusk.

1937 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 228 236 In the metapodial region, where the operculum is secreted, these gland cells are more spherical than those of the pedal sole.

1988 Malacol. Rev. Suppl. iv. 158 The nervous system..has retained primitive metapodial and parapodial commissures.

1995 P. J. Hayward et al. in P. J. Hayward & S. J. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe x. 492 (in figure) Metapodial tentacle.

B. n.

A metapodial bone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun]

boat-bone1615

osselet1683

metapodial1873

1873 Proc. Royal Soc. 1872–3 21 162 The much older Gelacus, Aym., which is already a true ruminant, had no upper incisors and the metapodials were confluent in the adult.

1880 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 119 170 We have the convenient terms ‘Phalanges’ and ‘Metapodials’ for the distal parts of the extremities.

1895 O. C. Marsh in 16th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1894–5: Pt. 1 185 The metapodials are much more slender and the phalanges are less robust than in the other members of the order.

1959 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 89 230 An anterior and a posterior metapodial.., of bovid type.

1973 Nature 14 Dec. 429/2 Wheeler..has given a similar account of a red deer hind chewing a bone (apparently a metapodial of a sheep or deer).

1997 Evolution 51 595 This study tests the hypothesis that [primate] species with a vestigial pollex..have a first metacarpal whose length is..poorly correlated with..the lengths of the other metapodials.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metapodial
释义	metapodialadj.n. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈpəʊdɪəl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈpoʊdiəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metapodium n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < metapodium n. + -al suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin metapodialis (in ossa metapodialia (B. G. Wilder & S. H. Gage Anat. Technol. (1882) 41)). Zoology. A. adj. 1. Designating a bone of the metacarpus or metatarsus, esp. in a quadruped; of, relating to, or made from such a bone. ΚΠ 1862 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 152 466 In the same slab of stone are parts or impressions of several ribs, a humerus, antibrachial and metapodial bones. 1876 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 112 61 All mammals from these formations had separate metapodial bones. 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 1073 The distal metapodial keels are completed forwards, as in most ruminants. 1956 A. S. Romer Osteol. Reptiles viii. 413 In addition to the reduction of toe V to a metapodial nubbin, toe IV has become slender. 1970 Current Anthropol. 11 31/3 I..base this conclusion entirely on the presence of abundant bone flakes and on certain particular tool types (such as unfinished metapodial scoops). 1993 Jrnl. Zool. 231 157 This material manifests such obvious lesions as vertebral and metapodial osteo-arthritis. 2. Of or relating to the metapodium of a mollusc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of pedal1625 sinistral1803 lingual1826 byssiferous1835 pallial1836 metapodal1853 byssal1854 boreal1856 branchio-parietal1856 odontophorous1870 odontophoral1877 branchio-pallial1880 lentigerous1883 osphradial1883 pleurecbolic1883 pleurembolic1883 byssogenous1886 ctenidial1888 metapodial1890 pseudofaecal1953 1890 in Cent. Dict. Metapodial...Of or pertaining to the metapodium of a mollusk. 1937 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 228 236 In the metapodial region, where the operculum is secreted, these gland cells are more spherical than those of the pedal sole. 1988 Malacol. Rev. Suppl. iv. 158 The nervous system..has retained primitive metapodial and parapodial commissures. 1995 P. J. Hayward et al. in P. J. Hayward & S. J. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe x. 492 (in figure) Metapodial tentacle. B. n. A metapodial bone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun] boat-bone1615 osselet1683 metapodial1873 1873 Proc. Royal Soc. 1872–3 21 162 The much older Gelacus, Aym., which is already a true ruminant, had no upper incisors and the metapodials were confluent in the adult. 1880 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 119 170 We have the convenient terms ‘Phalanges’ and ‘Metapodials’ for the distal parts of the extremities. 1895 O. C. Marsh in 16th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1894–5: Pt. 1 185 The metapodials are much more slender and the phalanges are less robust than in the other members of the order. 1959 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 89 230 An anterior and a posterior metapodial.., of bovid type. 1973 Nature 14 Dec. 429/2 Wheeler..has given a similar account of a red deer hind chewing a bone (apparently a metapodial of a sheep or deer). 1997 Evolution 51 595 This study tests the hypothesis that [primate] species with a vestigial pollex..have a first metacarpal whose length is..poorly correlated with..the lengths of the other metapodials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1862
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