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单词 pachyote
释义

pachyoten.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Pachyotes, Pachyotus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pachyotes (attributed to Gloger) or Pachyotus, genus name (J. E. Gray Zool. Misc. (1831) 38), both < pachy- pachy- comb. form + ancient Greek ὠτ- , οὖς ear (see oto- comb. form).Webster (see quot. 1865 at sense A.) cites Brande (see quot. 1842 at sense A.), but the word seems there to be listed only as a scientific Latin plural noun. R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1857) gives a French form pachyote (adjective). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·kiˌōut) /ˈpækɪəʊt/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. n.
A bat with thick ears.The genus name Pachyotus Gray is a synonym of Scotophilus Leach.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous type of
blude-black1647
music-stamper1713
red bat1775
Geoffroy's bat1829
reddish-grey bat1837
notch-eared bat1840
pachyote1865
notched-eared bat1871
valve-tailed bat1871
Negro-bat1885
1831 J. E. Gray Zool. Misc. 38 The Bats..might for convenience be divided into..the true Bats, Vespertilio, with thin ears and membranes.., the Pachyotus with thick ears and membranes..and the hairy-tailed species of America, (Lasiurus).
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 866/2 Pachyotes, Pachyoti, the name of a family of bats..including those which have thick external ears.]
1865 Webster's Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. (rev. ed.) 936/2 Pachyote, one of a family of bats, including those which have thick leathery ears.
B. adj.
Of a bat: having thick, leathery ears.
ΚΠ
1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 345/1 Pachyote, having thick ears, specially applied to the genus Pachyotus.

Derivatives

pachyotous adj. Obsolete rare = sense B.
ΚΠ
1893 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pachyotous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.adj.1865
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