单词 | palpicorn |
释义 | palpicornn.adj. Entomology. A. n. 1. A beetle of the superfamily Palpicornia (now called Hydrophiloidea), many members of which are characterized by particularly long palps. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Palpicornia or Hydrophiloidea > member of palpicorn1882 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 363 Our second tribe, or the Sphæridiota, consists of terrestrial Palpicornes.] 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 361/3 Palpicorn, one of..the Palpicornes. 1954 G. B. Walsh in G. B. Walsh & J. R. Dibb Coleopterist's Handbk. ii. 32 The following is an excellent way of collecting small aquatic clavicorns and palpicorns. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Palpicorn, a long labial palpus, like an antenna. B. adj. Of or relating to the superfamily Palpicornia ( Hydrophiloidea). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to Palpicornes palpicorn1882 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 361/3 Palpicorn,..pertaining to the Palpicornes. 1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) The palpicorn beetles are now classed as Philhydrida. 1958 Jrnl. Ecol. 46 311 Unidentified Oligochaete worms, palpicorn beetles, helodid larvae. 1972 Jrnl. Applied Ecol. 9 200/1 (table) Dytiscid larvae, palpicorn larvae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1882 |
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