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单词 rudistae
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Rudistaen.

Brit. /ruːˈdɪstiː/, U.S. /ruˈdɪsti/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Rudistae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Rudistae, family name ( H. G. Bronn System der urweltlichen Konchylien (1824) 33) < French rudistes , plural noun (see rudist adj.).
Palaeontology. Now rare.
With plural agreement. Bivalve molluscs of the extinct order Hippuritoida (or Rudistes); rudist bivalves.
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1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 250/1 The structure of the rudista has been studied by M. Ch. Des Moulins and M. Deshayes.]
1856 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 72 239 What remains approaches nearer to the genus Sphærulites than to any other of the Rudistæ of which I have seen specimens or figures.
1890 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. IV. 322/1 The Rudistæ are conical or cup-shaped Pelecypods with a superficially marked radial symmetry.
1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. 1199 In the north of France, Belgium, and England, the singular molluscan family of the Rudistæ (Hippuritidæ and Radiolitidæ) appears only occasionally and sporadically.
1965 Science 25 June 1699/1 Among the benthonic ‘shallow-water’ forms, the Rudistae are conspicuous as a large group which became extinct at the end of the Mesozoic.
1984 F. El-Baz Geol. Egypt 17 The basal member of the Rudistae beds overlying the ‘Sandstone Series’ is the ‘Coquina bed’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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