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单词 pterocymba
释义

pterocymban.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: ptero- comb. form, Latin cymba.
Etymology: < ptero- comb. form + classical Latin cymba small boat (see cymbiform adj.).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A C-shaped sponge spicule with expanded and broadened ends.
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1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/2 A common form of anchorate, the pterocymba, results.

Derivatives

pterocymbate adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pterocymbate, alate, as a cymba; having the form or character of a pterocymba.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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