单词 | osteoderm |
释义 | osteodermn. Zoology. A bony plate in the skin, esp. of a reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > parts of > bones of tarsus1676 mastoid1840 mastoid bone1841 postorbital1852 sclerotal1854 quadrate bone1858 quadrate1863 transpalatine1891 osteoderm1898 suprascapula2004 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > scale > large scale or bony plate cuirass1605 shield1704 carapace1835 scutcheon1846 scute1848 carapax1849 marginal1883 osteoderm1898 1898 H. Gadow Classif. Vertebrata 27 Body scaly without osteoderms. 1902 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 208 Exquisite examples of true dermal bones are those ossifications ‘within the skin’ which in Amphibia and Reptiles are now generally called osteoderms. 1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles II. vii. 319 Many reptiles have an armour of bony scutes or osteoderms in the dermal layers of the skin. 1999 Nature 18 Mar. 205/3 We..determined longevity by counting growth rings in dorsal osteoderms from several individuals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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