单词 | otariid |
释义 | otariidn.adj. Zoology. A. n. An animal of the family Otariidae, which comprises carnivorous marine mammals having small external ears (the eared seals, i.e. fur seals and sea lions). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) eared seal?a1808 hair-seal1824 otary1834 otariid1871 1871 Amer. Naturalist 4 676 This article was rapidly succeeded by a number of memoirs, chiefly on the Otariids, two by Gray and two by Peters being published in the same year [1866]. 1930 A. B. Howell Aquatic Mammals ii. 34 The otariids have descended from the bears and the phocids from the otters. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iii. 44 Perhaps, they said, the similarities between phocids, otariids, and odabenids are merely superficial. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the otariids. ΚΠ 1954 Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 2 311 From Alaska to Cape Horn along the Pacific coast of the Americas several species of Otariid seals have been recognized. 1973 Nature 30 Nov. 244/2 The skull of Enaliarctos shows several similarities to that of otariid rather than phocid pinnipedes. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1222/2 The otariid skull is somewhat elongate and rounded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1871 |
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