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单词 polypiarian
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polypiarianadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Polypiaria , -an suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Polypiaria, former class name ( H. M. D. de Blainville Manuel d'actinologie (1837); < classical Latin pōlypus polypus n. + -i- -i- connective + -āria : see -ary suffix1) + -an suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ:lipiˌēə·riăn) /ˌpɒlɪpɪˈɛərɪən/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the former class Polypiaria of invertebrates, which comprised most of the hydroid members of the phylum Cnidaria.
ΚΠ
1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Polyparous, Polypiarian, belonging to the Polyparia, or Polypi.
B. n.
An invertebrate of the former division Polypiaria; a hydroid cnidarian.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Polypiarian, n., a member of the Polypiaria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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