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单词 patellaceous
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patellaceousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Patellaceae , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Patellaceae, former family name (C. T. Menke Synopsis Methodica Molluscorum (1828) 53; < Patella , genus name (see patella n. 3) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of or relating to the former family Patellaceae (now called Patellidae), which comprises the (true) limpets.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Patellaceus, applied by Menke to a Family..of the Gasteropoda Cyclobranchiata, having the Patella for their type: patellaceous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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