† polythalamaceousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin polythalamium , -aceous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin polythalam- (in polythalamium ( J. P. Breyn Dissertatio physica de polythalamiis (1732) 7); < poly- poly- comb. form + ancient Greek θάλαμος inner chamber (see thalamus n.) + scientific Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴)) + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Polythalamacea ( H. M. D. de Blainville Man. de malacologie et de conchyliologie (1825) 375). Compare earlier polythalamous adj. N.E.D. (1907) gives the partial pronunciation as (-ēⁱ·ʃəs) /-ˈeɪʃəs/.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Belonging to the former order Polythalamacea of cephalopods with polythalamous shells, which included the ammonites and nautiloids.

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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1003/2 Polythalamaceus, applied by Blainville to an Order (Polythalamacea..) of the Cephalopoda, having the body inclosed..in the first loculamentum of a polythalamous shell: polythalamaceous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	polythalamaceous
释义	† polythalamaceousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin polythalamium , -aceous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin polythalam- (in polythalamium ( J. P. Breyn Dissertatio physica de polythalamiis (1732) 7); < poly- poly- comb. form + ancient Greek θάλαμος inner chamber (see thalamus n.) + scientific Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴)) + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Polythalamacea ( H. M. D. de Blainville Man. de malacologie et de conchyliologie (1825) 375). Compare earlier polythalamous adj. N.E.D. (1907) gives the partial pronunciation as (-ēⁱ·ʃəs) /-ˈeɪʃəs/. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Belonging to the former order Polythalamacea of cephalopods with polythalamous shells, which included the ammonites and nautiloids. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1003/2 Polythalamaceus, applied by Blainville to an Order (Polythalamacea..) of the Cephalopoda, having the body inclosed..in the first loculamentum of a polythalamous shell: polythalamaceous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1858
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