单词 | resilium |
释义 | resiliumn. Zoology. In a bivalve mollusc: the resilient central part of the shell hinge, which tends to force apart the two valves and is composed chiefly of fibrous conchiolin. Cf. resilin n.The resilium is usually regarded as the middle component of a three-part ligament (ligament n. 2c). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > parts of beard1649 hinge1704 cardo1725 palpus1803 disc1810 ligament1816 palp1835 tooth1847 hinge-tooth1851 beak1854 curtain1854 talon1854 resilium1895 hinge-ligament1909 1895 W. H. Dall in Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. (Philadelphia) 3 498 The so-called ‘cartilage’, which is not a cartilage, and which is frequently spoken of as ‘ligament’ or ‘internal ligament’ is in great need of a distinctive name, and I propose that of ‘resilium’, which clearly indicates its function. 1926 Proc. Malacol. Soc. 17 44 Nacreous shells..possess glutinous hinge-joints consisting of conchyolin disposed in a dual fashion as ‘resilium’—more or less in the centre of the hinge base—and ‘ligament’ to the right and left of it. 1973 R. T. Abbott Kingdom of Seashell 16/1 These valves are..forced ajar by a rubberlike wedge, or resilium, which acts much the same way as a rubber wedge placed in the hinged side of a closing door. 1996 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 120 281 An exceptionally well-preserved specimen of Lithiotis problematica from the Lower Jurassic of NE Italy possesses multiple resilia, composed of thin fibres and joining both valves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895 |
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