单词 | sphenotic |
释义 | sphenoticadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Of or pertaining to, formed by combination of, the sphenoid bone and otic structures in certain fishes and in birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > of bones subopercular1834 supratemporal1834 urohyal1835 hyobranchial1848 preopercular1851 septomaxillary1868 amphicœlous1869 sphenotic1884 interhyal1885 tympanomalleal1891 the world > animals > birds > bones > [adjective] > connected with ear sphenotic1884 tympano-occipital1889 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 156 The post-frontal process, morphologically the post-frontal or sphenotic bone, bounds the rim of the orbit behind. 1895 Proc. Zool. Soc. 371 The sphenotic process is also relatively somewhat shorter. B. n. The sphenotic bone or ossification. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > bone between temple and eye sphenotic1873 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 106 It may also, in Fishes, have added to it a large and distinct ossification, the sphenotic. 1885 Athenæum 13 June 764/1 He attempted to show..that the human lingulæ are homologous with the sphenotic of the bird. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1873 |
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