merostomen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪərəstəʊm/,

/ˈmɛrəstəʊm/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrəˌstoʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mero- comb. form², -stome comb. form.

Etymology: < mero- comb. form² + -stome comb. form, after scientific Latin Merostomata, (former) suborder name (J. D. Dana Crustacea (1852) i. 14). Compare French mérostomes, plural (1890).

Zoology.

A chelicerate arthropod of the class Merostomata, of which the horseshoe crab is the only extant member.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > order Xiphosura or Merostomata > [noun] > member of

xiphosure1837

sword-tail1858

xiphosuran1879

merostome1881

1881 Smithsonian Rep. 431 The Merostomes, i.e. the Horseshoe Crabs of the present epoch.

1900 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 36 64 The track has a decided merostomatous appearance, but was probably made by a trilobite, as there are no Limuloid merostomes known to have existed in the Cambrian.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VIII. 244/1 Merostomes are known from as early as Lower Cambrian.

1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 112 The merostomes, or horseshoe-crab group.

Derivatives

† merostomous adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Merostomous, same as merostomatous.

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

单词	merostome
释义	merostomen. Brit. /ˈmɪərəstəʊm/, /ˈmɛrəstəʊm/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəˌstoʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mero- comb. form², -stome comb. form. Etymology: < mero- comb. form² + -stome comb. form, after scientific Latin Merostomata, (former) suborder name (J. D. Dana Crustacea (1852) i. 14). Compare French mérostomes, plural (1890). Zoology. A chelicerate arthropod of the class Merostomata, of which the horseshoe crab is the only extant member. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > order Xiphosura or Merostomata > [noun] > member of xiphosure1837 sword-tail1858 xiphosuran1879 merostome1881 1881 Smithsonian Rep. 431 The Merostomes, i.e. the Horseshoe Crabs of the present epoch. 1900 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 36 64 The track has a decided merostomatous appearance, but was probably made by a trilobite, as there are no Limuloid merostomes known to have existed in the Cambrian. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VIII. 244/1 Merostomes are known from as early as Lower Cambrian. 1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 112 The merostomes, or horseshoe-crab group. Derivatives † merostomous adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Merostomous, same as merostomatous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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