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单词 pleurotomine
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pleurotomineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pleurotoma , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pleurotoma (see pleurotomid n.) + -ine suffix1. Compare slightly earlier pleurotomoid adj. Compare also pleurotomoid n. and slightly later pleurotomid n. N.E.D. (1907) indicates the stress as pleuˈrotomine and the pronunciation of the final syllable as (-məin) /-maɪn/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Belonging or allied to the genus Turris (family Turridae; formerly Pleurotoma) of gastropod molluscs having a spindle-shaped shell with a tall spire and a slit running up from the outer lip.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pleurotomine, of or related to shells of the genus Pleurotoma.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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