单词 | muricate |
释义 | muricateadj. Botany and Zoology. Covered with sharp points; studded with short hard projections. Formerly also: †ending in a long sharp point, like a murex shell (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > pointed projection horny1530 styliform1578 styliformed1578 pungent1602 lingual1650 muricate1661 muricated1707 linguiform1753 lingulate1763 triglochin1835 lingular1855 cornual1890 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > having a slender pointed part > terminating in long, sharp point muricate1661 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B8 The turbines, are great,..angulous, muricate, or pentedactyls. 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 35 Of the pericarpy. Muricate, covered with sharp points, as in Xanthium. 1848 Commerc. Rev. South & West Jan. 85 Tube of the calyx ovoid, muricate, with long prickly bristles. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 162 Anthriscus vulgaris... Fruit..ovoid, muricate. 1920 Bot. Gaz. 70 346 Slender ecorniculate bracts and a slightly greenish tint to the brown, less muricate achenes. 1999 Smithsonian Contrib. Paleobiol. No. 85. 1 Smooth-walled genera include Hedbergella and Globanomalina; and muricate genera include Acarinina and Morozovella. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661 |
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