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单词 penicillate
释义

penicillateadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛnᵻˌsɪlət/, /ˌpɛnᵻˈsɪlət/, U.S. /ˌpɛnəˈsɪlᵻt/, /ˌpɛnəˈsɪlˌeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin penicillatus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin penicillatus (1738 or earlier) < classical Latin pēnicillus penicil n. + -ātus -ate suffix2. Compare French pénicillé (1798 in botanical use, 1832 in anatomical use).
Chiefly Zoology and Botany.
1. Bearing or forming a small tuft or tufts of hairs, bristles, or similar structures; bearing penicilli.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > tuft
penicilliform1811
penicillate1819
penicillated1834
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > tuft > having
pencilled1720
penicillate1819
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 147 Joints [of tarsi] penicillate—dilated.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 66 The penicillate family..is remarkable for several pencils or tufts of long and short scales, which distinguish the sides of the body.
1959 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 242 354 Each [tube-foot] bears a fringe of finger-like processes round its terminal disk; these have been termed penicillate tube-feet.
1996 Brittonia 48 583/1 Chersodoma has apically rounded, dorsally papillose style branches unlike the truncate, penicillate or tufted style branch apices common to other Andean Senecionease.
2. Marked with a distinct streak or streaks like those of a pencil or brush. rare.
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1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 70 Dipodomys parvus... Upper and lower fourth of crested penicillate tail, brownish-black, pencil sooty brown.

Derivatives

penicillation n. Obsolete a penicillate structure or form.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [noun] > hairiness > tuft
pencil1616
penicil1826
penicillation1846
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 127 The inner row [of tentacles],..furnished with a short fibrous penicillation at the ends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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