单词 | six-starred |
释义 | > as lemmassix-starred C1. In parasynthetic compounds with preceding numeral, as four-starred, six-starred, designating extant or fossil corals with fourfold or sixfold radial symmetry (as in the order Tetracoralla and the subclass Hexacorallia respectively). single-starred adj., consisting of isolated polyps or corallites; cf. star n.1 11d. ΚΠ 1808 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World II. xv. 150 A piece of dark ferruginous limestone, on which were discoverable the remains of some body, which..in some respects resembled the cast of a single-starred madrepore. 1854 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 57 336 (table) 6-starred Corals. 4-starred Corals. 1990 D. Hull Sci. as Process ii. 42 The four-starred corals were most prevalent in the Paleozoic and then became increasingly rare till they disappeared in the Permian to be replaced by six-starred corals. < as lemmas |
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