| 单词 | nuchal crest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnuchal crest nuchal crest n. (a) Zoology a crest of feathers, hair, scales, or skin on the back of the neck; (b) Anatomy and Zoology, a ridge at the back of the skull to which ligaments and muscles of the neck are attached. ΚΠ 1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 96 The male [green lizard], when bowing, erected a small nuchal crest. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 146 The remaining [skulls] are as a series characterized by..unusually ,massive mastoid processes and nuchal crests. 1910 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 44 266 The nuchal crest may be said to ascend 110 per cent. in the male gorilla, 80 per cent. in the orang, 75 per cent. in the chimpanzee, and 30 per cent. in man. 1956 Proc. Zool. Soc. 126 583 In this paper we use the terms ‘nuchal crest’, ‘nuchal shelf’ and ‘occipital crest’ interchangeably, to describe the plate of bone which develops in the occipital region along the line where the temporalis and nuchal muscles approximate. 1985 Horse & Hound 1 Mar. 126/3 The skull has a thick ridge between the ears, the nuchal crest. 1996 Zeitschr. f. Fischkunde 3 235 (title) Agonistic behavioural patterns on the blenniid fish Scartella cristata..and the role of its unusual nuchal crest. < as lemmas |
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