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单词 palatiform
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palatiformadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palate n., -iform comb. form.
Etymology: < palate n. + -iform comb. form. Kirby and Spence also record a Latin form palatiformis (see quot. 1826). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pălæ·tifǭɹm) /pəˈlætɪfɔːm/.
Entomology. Obsolete. rare.
Of an insect's tongue: closely united with the inner surface of the labium.
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palatiform1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 312 Palatiform (palatiformis), when the tongue forms the inner surface of the Labium, but is not separate from it. Ex. Most Coleoptera.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Palatiformis, applied by Kirby to the tongue of insects when it forms the inferior surface of the lip without being separated, as in many of the Coleoptera: palatiform.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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