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单词 rhizocephalan
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rhizocephalann.adj.

Brit. /ˌrʌɪzə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələn/, /ˌrʌɪzə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩ən/, /ˌrʌɪzə(ʊ)ˈkɛfələn/, /ˌrʌɪzə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩ən/, U.S. /ˌraɪzəˈsɛfələn/, /ˌraɪzoʊˈsɛfələn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Rhizocephala n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Rhizocephala n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier rhizocephalon n. With use as adjective compare earlier rhizocephalous adj. at Rhizocephala n. Derivatives.
Zoology.
A. n.
A parasitic crustacean of the order Rhizocephala.
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1878 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 484 When near passing into a second developmental stage.., we should see in a Cirripede or Rhizocephalan six new pairs of feet under the skin.
1931 Science 11 Sept. 259/1 By parasitism, she [sc. Nature] has converted a cirriped into a rhizocephalan, such as sacculina.
1963 Compar. Biochem. & Physol. 8 205 Some rhizocephalans possess variable amounts of hemoglobin.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. ix. 281 Sacculina carcini is a famous rhizocephalan, which, when mature, is reduced to a bag of reproductive organs slung beneath the abdomen of a crab.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the order Rhizocephala.
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1894 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 185 121 The early development of the Rhizocephalan genus Peltogaster was also investigated.
1915 Papers Dept. Marine Biol. Carnegie Inst. Washington 8 27 The former genus [sc. Thompsonia] may well have had an ancestor with many external sacs of normal Rhizocephalan type.
1981 Jrnl. Exper. Marine Biol. & Ecol. 50 231 (title) Observations on the rhizocephalan barnacle Sylon hippolytes.
2001 A. O. Bush et al. Parasitism viii. 241/1 The rhizocephalan cirripedes are probably the most modified of all crustaceans and are often used as an example of extreme adaptation to parasitism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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