单词 | neanic |
释义 | neanicadj. Zoology. Designating the later stages of an animal's growth, in which it acquires adult characteristics. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of (nature of) or relating to pupa or chrysalis chrysalidal1750 chrysaline1782 chrysalid1804 nymphine1806 chrysaloid1816 chrysalidian1851 nymphal1864 pupal1864 neanic1892 1892 S. S. Buckman & F. A. Bather in Zoologischer Anzeiger 15 421 Hyatt... Nealogic. Here proposed..Neanic. Literary equivalent..Adolescent. 1892 S. S. Buckman & F. A. Bather in Zoologischer Anzeiger 15 430 Neanic. During this stage specific characters and all other morphological features present in the adult, appear and undergo development. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 519 At this stage [in the growth of the mollusc Sycotypus canaliculatus], the early neanic, the lines of growth are well marked and of nearly equal strength. 1938 Nature 20 Aug. 341/1 It is helpful to distinguish between the very early, or embryonic, stages of development and the later, or neanic stages, during which the young gradually assumes the characteristics of the adult. 1967 Geol. Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandl. 88 456 In the early phases of the neanic stage, the cardinal and counter septa seem to be incompletely fused into a median septum. 1992 Jrnl. Exper. Res. 22 318 We are able to subdivide the ontogeny of Globorotalia inflata into embryonic, juvenile, neanic, ephebic and terminal stages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892 |
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