monoplacophoranadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)pləˈkɒf(ə)rən/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɑnəpləˈkɑf(ə)r(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Monoplacophora , -an suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Monoplacophora (see Monoplacophora n.) + -an suffix. Compare earlier polyplacophoran adj. and n.

Zoology.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a mollusc of the class Monoplacophora (see Monoplacophora n.).

ΚΠ

1959 Science 9 Jan. 74/2 In the Acapulco Trench..the ‘Galathea’ dredged a living monoplacophoran mollusk, a type previously thought to have become extinct during the Devonian period.

1978 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 284 211 The lower Cambrian bivalve Fordilla..was probably derived from a monoplacophoran ancestor.

1997 Nature 9 Jan. 146 We describe a macrofossil assemblage of monoplacophoran molluscs, inarticulate brachiopods, vestimentiferan tube-worms and other tubes.

B. n.

A monoplacophoran mollusc.

ΚΠ

1960 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 153 264 The discovery of the primitively segmented monoplacophoran Neopilina galatheae..had re-focused attention on other living primitive molluscs.

1978 Nature 18 May 232/1 The monoplacophorans were attached to phosphorite nodules which occur in various densities at these sites.

1999 Lethaia 32 173 A laterally compressed monoplacophoran such as Anabarella plana was the first evolutionary step from monoplacophorans towards Early Cambrian bivalves.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monoplacophoran
释义	monoplacophoranadj.n. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)pləˈkɒf(ə)rən/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnəpləˈkɑf(ə)r(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Monoplacophora , -an suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Monoplacophora (see Monoplacophora n.) + -an suffix. Compare earlier polyplacophoran adj. and n. Zoology. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a mollusc of the class Monoplacophora (see Monoplacophora n.). ΚΠ 1959 Science 9 Jan. 74/2 In the Acapulco Trench..the ‘Galathea’ dredged a living monoplacophoran mollusk, a type previously thought to have become extinct during the Devonian period. 1978 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 284 211 The lower Cambrian bivalve Fordilla..was probably derived from a monoplacophoran ancestor. 1997 Nature 9 Jan. 146 We describe a macrofossil assemblage of monoplacophoran molluscs, inarticulate brachiopods, vestimentiferan tube-worms and other tubes. B. n. A monoplacophoran mollusc. ΚΠ 1960 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 153 264 The discovery of the primitively segmented monoplacophoran Neopilina galatheae..had re-focused attention on other living primitive molluscs. 1978 Nature 18 May 232/1 The monoplacophorans were attached to phosphorite nodules which occur in various densities at these sites. 1999 Lethaia 32 173 A laterally compressed monoplacophoran such as Anabarella plana was the first evolutionary step from monoplacophorans towards Early Cambrian bivalves. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1959
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