单词 | padlike |
释义 | † padlikeadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Resembling an easy-paced horse for everyday riding. Cf. pad n.3 2. ΚΠ 1708 London Gaz. No. 4478/8 Stoln or Stray'd.., a Padlike Mare light coloured in the Face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). padlikeadj.2 Chiefly Zoology. Resembling a pad or cushion. ΚΠ 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 216 The hind-feet have five short, thick, blunt claws, edging a pad-like sole covered with coarse granular skin. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 330 The lateral teeth are large, pad-like. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) ii. 15 On the under side of the tarsal segments there are frequently pad-like organs, the plantulae. 1994 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 3 July 4 b Each appendage contains a small padlike bone on the inner side of the digits that probably was used to keep balance when the animal walked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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