单词 | pre-oral |
释义 | pre-oraladj. Chiefly Zoology. Situated in front of the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] mouthly1537 oral1631 osculara1785 circumoral1849 perioral1855 adoral1862 pre-oral1870 orolingual1891 orifacial1892 orofacial1960 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 106 The prae-oral or so-called ‘supra-oesophageal’ ganglionic mass. 1893 J. Tuckey tr. B. Hatschek Amphioxus 149 This diverticulum..breaks through on the left side of the body with a small opening outwards—the preoral pit. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs App. 219 The head carries two sorts of appendage..a transverse pre-oral flap regarded as a retained velum and a pair of post-oral tentacular tufts. 1995 E. W. Knight-Jones & J. S. Ryland in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe xiii. 687 In Enteropneusta (‘acorn-worms’) the preoral proboscis may resemble an acorn. Derivatives pre-ˈorally adv. in a pre-oral position or direction. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adverb] adorally1882 pre-orally1888 oronasally1970 orofacially1977 1888 Huxley & Martin's Elem. Biol. 184 The three anterior pairs having coalesced preorally to form the brain. 1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 252 11 These fibres give rise to the preorally situated deutocerebral commissure. 2004 Zool. Sci. 21 69 The major circumoral ciliary band that crosses the dorsal surface and passes preorally and postorally is well developed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1870 |
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