单词 | polycystid |
释义 | polycystidn.adj. Zoology. Now disused. A. n. A parasitic protozoan of the former gregarine group Polycystidea (also called Cephalina), characterized by having the cell divided into protomerite, deutomerite, and usually also epimerite. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sporozoa > subclass Teleosporidia > [noun] > order Gregarinida > member of > member of suborder Polycystidea polycystid1888 polycystidan1907 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 858 A Polycystid possessing all three segments is known as a Cephalin or Cephalont. 1905 Amer. Naturalist 39 612 As regards both form and anatomy the Polycystids are somewhat complicated animals. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating such a protozoan. ΚΠ 1905 Amer. Naturalist 39 612 The ectosarc of a Polycystid gregarine shows epicyte, sarcocyte, and myocyte. 1926 Sci. Monthly Apr. 344/1 A polycystid gregarine requires days of feeding and growth before it changes from the undifferentiated sporozoite to the differentiated adult form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1888 |
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