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单词 pterotic
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pteroticn.adj.1

Brit. /təˈrəʊtɪk/, /təˈrɒtɪk/, U.S. /təˈroʊdɪk/, /təˈrɑdɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πτερόν , otic adj.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form) + otic adj., after e.g. periotic n., periotic adj.
Zoology.
A. n.
A bone in the upper posterior part of the skull in many fishes and some other lower vertebrates, often bearing a distinct crest or flange; a corresponding element in the wall of the auditory capsule in some other vertebrate groups.
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grate1481
pharyngeal1791
suboperculum1818
supratemporal1834
shackle-joint1837
mastoid1840
wrist1840
mastoid bone1841
subopercular1841
mesotympanic1846
suprascapula1846
hypobranchials1848
hypotympanic1848
urohyal1848
radius1854
epicentral1866
pterotic1866
mesocoracoid1868
supraclavicle1868
precoracoid1869
symplectic1870
hypural1871
mesopterygoid1871
post-temporal1871
postclavicle1872
brachial1873
urostyle1875
hypercoracoid1876
admaxillary1885
intercalarium1887
palatopterygoquadrate1888
subtectal1888
Weberian apparatus1889
Weberian ossicles1889
radial1890
supracleithrum1903
1866 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 178 The bone in the Sturgeon, which Professor Huxley has compared to the so-called squamosal (pterotic) of the osseous fish.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 106 In Fishes,..it appears as a bone projecting at the postero-external angle of the roof of the skull. It is called the pterotic.
1933 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23 92 The superficial part of the pterotic is very probably equivalent to the true supratemporal of the earliest tetrapods.
1975 Nature 10 Apr. 483/3 Patterson has analysed the ossification of the brain-case and the closure of the cranial fissure with the concomitant displacement of pterotic by the epioccipital.
1992 Fishery Bull. 90 668 Larvae are recognized by the large supraorbital ridge with a single spine, laterally swollen pterotics, [etc.].
B. adj.1
Designating, relating to, or corresponding to this bone or element.
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1866 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 153 A small patch of cartilage comes between the prootic and the alisphenoid, and there is no trace of the great ‘pterotic’ crest of the fish.
1899 Science 21 Apr. 563/2 The nature of the pterotic bone.
1979 Nature 30 Aug. 832/1 The membranous wall of the utricle is in contact with these pro-otic and pterotic bullae, and thus might be stimulated directly by vibrations of this compressible system.
1995 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 15 482 The absence of the supratemporal commissure is a synapomorphy of catfishes, as well as the presence of the pterotic branch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pteroticadj.2

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πτερωτός , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πτερωτός winged ( < πτεροῦν to furnish with feathers or wings ( < πτερόν feather, wing: see ptero- comb. form) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ic suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Winged.
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1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore II. vi. 89 A frame of unusual elasticity, partaking rather of the pterotic character.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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