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单词 psiloceratite
释义

psiloceratiten.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Psiloceras , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Psiloceras, genus name (A. Hyatt 1867, in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. Harvard 1 72; < ancient Greek ψιλο- psilo- comb. form + κερατ- , κέρας horn: see kerato- comb. form) + -ite suffix1 (compare ceratite n.). N.E.D. (1909) gives the partial pronunciation as (-se·rătəit) -/ˈsɛrətaɪt/.
Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare.
An ammonite of the Jurassic genus Psiloceras, having a relatively smooth shell.
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1888 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 22 In studying the Psiloceratites of Central Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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