单词 | myriapod |
释义 | myriapodadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Relating to or having the characteristics of a group consisting of the centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, and symphylans, regarded as constituting a single class or phylum Myriapoda; belonging to this class or phylum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [adjective] polypod1707 myriapod1821 myriapodal1878 myriapodan1887 1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. v. 281 The resemblance which some Annelides, such as the Nereidæ, bear to the Myriapod Annulosa. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 22 Though the octopod and myriapod insects breathe by tracheæ. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 396 The myriapod larva..is essentially different from an insect larva. 1925 Sci. Monthly Jan. 41 The Symphyla and Pauropoda are the least known of the myriapod orders because of their small size and their light-shy habit of life. 1964 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 247 9 Most of the myriapod classes possess jointed mandibles. 1992 Science 20 Nov. 1346/2 The myriapod eyes are considered to be secondarily modified. B. n. An arthropod belonging to this group. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > member of galleyworm1658 myriapod1826 wireworm1838 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 40 The Myriapods exceed most insects in the vast elongation of their body. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) ix. 187 A venomous-looking, long, narrow worm, one of the myriapods. 1880 T. Gill in Smithsonian Rep. 352 A distinct order of Myriopods. 1907 Amer. Naturalist 41 800 (heading) The habits and structure of a myriapod. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 182 Besides Insects, the Arthropods include Crustaceans, Myriapods, Spiders, and King-crabs, and several smaller divisions. 1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiii. 136/2 The myriapods are terrestrial;..they tend to remain in areas of high humidity to restrict water loss through the cuticle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1821 |
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