单词 | rhabdosphere |
释义 | > as lemmasrhabdosphere rhabdosphere n. Brit. /ˈrabdə(ʊ)sfɪə/ , U.S. /ˈræbdoʊˌsfɪ(ə)r/ , /ˈræbdəˌsfɪ(ə)r/ Biology (now rare) a coccolithophorid having a shell composed of rhabdoliths.ΚΠ 1874 Nature 3 Dec. 96/2 [Reporting a meeting at the Royal Society on 26 Nov.] The rhabdoliths are the like elements of the armature of extremely beautiful little bodies, which have been first observed by Mr. Murray and naturally called by him ‘rhabdospheres’. 1915 L. V. Pirsson & C. Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. ii. l. 885 The Cretaceous chalk of Europe abounds in the broken parts of microscopic lime-secreting plants, or algæ, known as Coccospheres and Rhabdospheres. < as lemmas |
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