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单词 peripatid
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peripatidadj.n.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɪpətɪd/, U.S. /pəˈrɪpəˌtɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Peripatus , -id suffix3.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Peripatus Peripatus n.2 + -id suffix3, after scientific Latin Peripatidae, family name (1860 or earlier). Compare French péripatien, noun (J. V. Audouin & H. Milne Edwards 1833, in Ann. des sci. nat. 30 411).As first conceived, the family Peripatidae contained only the genus Peripatus, no other onychophorans then being known. It was later (1901) applied specifically to the group now so called.
Zoology.
A. adj.
Originally: = onychophoran adj. Now: spec. of or relating to the family Peripatidae, which comprises the tropical onychophorans (including those of the typical genus Peripatus).
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Peripatidæ Peripatid, a.
1994 Revista de Biología Tropical 42 611 Intrapopulation morphology was studied in 12 peripatid species.
B. n.
An onychophoran, spec. of the family Peripatidae.
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Peripatidæ Peripatid, n.
1987 Telegraph (Brisbane) 8 Jan. 6/2 The intriguing little creatures are peripatids, shy worm-like carnivorous hunters.
1999 Acta Zoologica 80 339 Other peripatids have ovarian funnels which have been reported to open into the haemocoel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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