单词 | molary |
释义 | † molaryadj. Zoology. Obsolete. Of a tooth: adapted for grinding or pulverizing food. Cf. molar n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > molar molar1626 molary1689 premolar1851 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of internal organ > serving to grind molary1689 the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > of teeth molar1626 cardiform1834 molary1835 villiform1846 ciliiform1849 ctenoid1872 the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > of teeth molar1626 molary1835 homoeodont1888 metaconal1896 taurodont1915 1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies i. 477/2 The Muscles of the lower Jaw..causing a strong Motion in the chewing of Food, are called Masticatory, Molary [L. molares] or Grinders, and Mansory or Eaters; of which there are reckoned five Pair. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiv. 435 He [sc. Marcel de Serres]..divides them [sc. the teeth of the Orthoptera] into incisive or cutting, laniary or canine, and molary or grinding teeth. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxi. 381 Their laniary, incisive, and molary teeth. 1884 Sunday at Home Jan. 28/2 It is this unequal wearing surface of the elephant's grinders which makes them truly ‘molary’ or ‘mill-stony’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1689 |
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