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单词 polymelian
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polymelianadj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polymelia n., polymely n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < either polymelia n. or polymely n. + -an suffix. Compare French polymélien, adjective (1869 in Littré).
Medicine and Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
= polymelous adj.
ΘΚΠ
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polymelian1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Polymelian, having supernumerary members.
B. n.
A person or animal having supernumerary limbs.
ΚΠ
1894 W. Bateson Materials Study Variation xxiii. 554 In the enormous majority of polymelians the extra repetition consists of parts of a complementary pair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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