scotophiladj.

Brit.

/ˈskəʊtə(ʊ)fɪl/, U.S.

/ˈskoʊdoʊˌfɪl/,

/ˈskoʊdəˌfɪl/

Forms: 1900s– scotophil, 1900s– scotophile, 1900s– skotophil, 1900s– skotophile.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: scoto- comb. form², -phile comb. form.

Etymology: < scoto- comb. form² + -phile comb. form, after German skotophil (E. Bünning 1944, in Flora 138 95). Compare photophil adj. 2. Compare scotophilic adj.

Biology.

Designating a phase of a diurnal cycle during which consistent darkness is required for certain developmental processes, such as flowering in plants and diapause in insects; of or relating to such a phase. Contrasted with photophil (photophil adj. 2).

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retrograde1850

photophobe1897

heterogonic1926

homogonic1926

macrocyclic1926

scotophil1949

scotophilic1960

1949 Herbage Abstr. 19 129/2 This inner rhythm within the plant consists of two phases: one adjusted to light, the other to darkness. These are denoted as photophile and scotophile respectively.

1960 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 25 257 In this part of the rhythm the endodiurnal system is in the scotophile state according to Bünning.

1971 New Scientist 29 July 254/2 The circadian rhythm [of house finches] was imagined to comprise two half cycles,..one of which was reckoned to be dark-requiring (scotophil).

2005 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 51 601/2 (caption) The dark areas below the midline [represent] the ‘scotophil’ or dark-requiring phases (equivalent to subjective night).

Derivatives

scoˈtophily n. rare the condition of being in a scotophil phase.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > life cycle > phase of

life stage1832

haplophase1919

scotophily1960

1960 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 25 241/1 The phase of strongest responsiveness to temperature in both types coincides with maximum responsiveness to light:..with maximum photophily in long-day plants and maximum scotophily in short-day plants.

1977 Oecologia 30 340 They were placed in such a manner that they overlapped both the assumed peaks of scotophily.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scotophil
释义	scotophiladj. Brit. /ˈskəʊtə(ʊ)fɪl/, U.S. /ˈskoʊdoʊˌfɪl/, /ˈskoʊdəˌfɪl/ Forms: 1900s– scotophil, 1900s– scotophile, 1900s– skotophil, 1900s– skotophile. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: scoto- comb. form², -phile comb. form. Etymology: < scoto- comb. form² + -phile comb. form, after German skotophil (E. Bünning 1944, in Flora 138 95). Compare photophil adj. 2. Compare scotophilic adj. Biology. Designating a phase of a diurnal cycle during which consistent darkness is required for certain developmental processes, such as flowering in plants and diapause in insects; of or relating to such a phase. Contrasted with photophil (photophil adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > phase or type of life cycle retrograde1850 photophobe1897 heterogonic1926 homogonic1926 macrocyclic1926 scotophil1949 scotophilic1960 1949 Herbage Abstr. 19 129/2 This inner rhythm within the plant consists of two phases: one adjusted to light, the other to darkness. These are denoted as photophile and scotophile respectively. 1960 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 25 257 In this part of the rhythm the endodiurnal system is in the scotophile state according to Bünning. 1971 New Scientist 29 July 254/2 The circadian rhythm [of house finches] was imagined to comprise two half cycles,..one of which was reckoned to be dark-requiring (scotophil). 2005 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 51 601/2 (caption) The dark areas below the midline [represent] the ‘scotophil’ or dark-requiring phases (equivalent to subjective night). Derivatives scoˈtophily n. rare the condition of being in a scotophil phase. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > life cycle > phase of life stage1832 haplophase1919 scotophily1960 1960 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 25 241/1 The phase of strongest responsiveness to temperature in both types coincides with maximum responsiveness to light:..with maximum photophily in long-day plants and maximum scotophily in short-day plants. 1977 Oecologia 30 340 They were placed in such a manner that they overlapped both the assumed peaks of scotophily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1949
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