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单词 moniliform
释义

moniliformadj.

Brit. /məˈnɪlᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /məˈnɪləˌfɔrm/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moniliforme.
Etymology: < French moniliforme (1800 or earlier) < classical Latin monīle necklace (see Monilia n.) + French -iforme -iform comb. form.
Chiefly Biology.
Characterized by or having a chain-like series of bumps, swellings, or joints, resembling beads on a string.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > very small sphere or pellet > like series of small spheres
moniliform1792
monilated1873
1792 T. Jefferson Hessian Fly in Papers (1990) XXIV. 12 2 antennae..articulated, moniliform, the last article truncated.
1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 195 Moniliform iron-ore, and pudding-stone, are still more common in the schistous beds.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 260 Antennæ as long or shorter than the body, with moniliform joints.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 144/1 They are referrible to fungi and algæ, and commonly composed of cells arranged in a moniliform manner.
1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 38 The spores are..generated in a moniliform manner, and afterwards separating at the joints.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 582 Portions of the veins on the back of the hand become quite moniliform, that is to say, there was an alternation of small dark swellings with narrow almost colourless intervals between them.
1920 W. E. Agar Cytol. 134 [The chromosomes in prophase] are often markedly moniliform, i.e. consisting of a row of bead-like swellings of chromatin, called chromomeres, joined to each other by a thinner linin thread.
1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) x. 187 Each tube has a moniliform appearance, from the bulgings caused by the contained ova.
1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 129 Cushions fairly soft and gelatinous..usually elongate-cylindrical, occasionally moniliform and barrel shaped.

Derivatives

moˈniliformly adv. rare
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adverb] > spherically > like series of small spheres
moniliformly1848
1848 E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 59 From the four bulbs spring as many pale yellow, moniliformly-granulated, slender, coiling tentacula.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 553/2 In Ephebacei they [sc. the gonidial granules] are not moniliformly arranged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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