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单词 plethodontid
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plethodontidn.adj.

Brit. /ˌplɛθəˈdɒntɪd/, U.S. /ˌplɛθəˈdɑn(t)əd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Plethodontidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Plethodontidae, family name (J. E. Gray 1850, in Catal. Amphibia Brit. Mus. ii. 31) < Plethodont- , taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ- , ὀδούς tooth) of Plethodon , genus name (J. J. Tschudi 1839, in Mém. de la Soc. des Sci. Nat. 2 58; < ancient Greek πλῆθος great number, mass ( < the base of πιμπλάναι to fill: see pleio- comb. form) + scientific Latin -odon -odon comb. form) + -idae (see -id suffix3). Compare French pléthodontidés, plural noun (dated c1904 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986)).
Zoology.
A. n.
A lungless salamander of the family Plethodontidae.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > member of family Plethodontidae
plethodontid1922
1922 Amer. Naturalist 56 424 The mountain brook habitat of the ancestral Plethodontid..accounts perfectly for the retention of the columella through adult life as a working part of the sound-transmitting apparatus.
1949 Bull. Zool. Soc. Amer. 60 1367/2 While salamanders are an archaic group, the plethodontids or lungless salamanders are highly specialized and relatively advanced.
2000 J. S. Adams et al. Precious Heritage iii. 734 The evolution of terrestrial breeding..allowed many plethodontids to break away from the typical amphibian dependency on water for reproduction.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the family Plethodontidae of lungless salamanders.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [adjective] > belonging to family Plethodontidae
plethodontid1927
1927 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 249. 1 (title) The plethodontid salamanders: some aspects of their evolution.
1957 Ecology 38 476/2 Certainly there is no evidence for exchange of Plethodontid species between eastern Mexico and the United States in the late Pleistocene.
1999 Science 17 Sept. 1907/2 The only known function of plethodontid courtship pheromones is to influence female receptivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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