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单词 subaxillary
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subaxillaryadj.n.

Brit. /ˌsʌbakˈsɪl(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈæksəˌlɛri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subaxillaris.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin subaxillaris (1679 in the passage translated in quot. 1689 at sense A. 1; 1781 in scientific Latin in botanical use) < sub- sub- prefix + axillaris axillary adj.; compare -ary suffix2.
A. adj.
1. Zoology and Anatomy. Situated beneath the axilla.In Ornithology: = axillary adj. 1.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective] > armpit
axillary1615
axillar1651
subaxillary1689
alar1810
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > beneath the shoulder
subaxillary1769
1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies i. 65/1 The other at a little distance enters the External Jugular: To which another Lymphatick Vessel..joyns it self from the Subaxillary Glandules [L. ex glandulis subaxillaribus].
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 304 Together with an inflammation and tumefaction of the lymphatic subaxillary glands.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) II. ii. 500 The subaxillary feathers [of the eared grebe].
1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Dec. 1347/2 This was followed by..an acute stitch-like pain in the subaxillary region.
1923 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 36 135 A female [Evening Bat]..had young, as the single pair of subaxillary mammae showed signs of being used.
1998 Clin. Infectious Dis. 26 1111/2 Subcutaneous patches are usually placed in the..axillary area via anteroposterior incision in the left subaxillary region.
2. Botany. Arising from or situated beneath an axil.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > situated in or near axil
supra-axillary1760
axillary1786
subaxillary1809
axillar1831
axillant1883
1809 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1770–6 (Royal Soc.) 13 419 Fascicles solitary, alternate,..subaxillary.
1860 J. D. Hooker Bot. Antarctic Voy. III. i. 143 Prostrate or climbing, alternate-leaved herbs, with subaxillary tendrils, and axillary unisexual flowers.
1895 Garden & Forest 18 Sept. 376/2 The loose, subaxillary panicles produce from twenty to thirty blue flowers with large yellow anthers.
1942 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Flowering Plants Arizona (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 186 Flowers nodding, axillary or subaxillary.
1977 Kew Bull. 32 253 Flowers sessile in terminal or rarely axillary or subaxillary heads of 2–6 or more flowers.
2005 Novon 15 282/1 The genus..can usually be recognized by its subaxillary umbelliform cymes and flowers with a double corona.
B. n.
Ornithology. Usually in plural. An axillary feather. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > other specific types
drivings1682
whisker1752
subaxillary1820
accessory plume1835
flake-feather1837
filoplume1867
penna1871
thread-feather1872
deck-feather1879
streamer1879
racket1887
afterfeather1937
1820 Encycl. Londinensis XVII. 768 (caption) The Parts of Birds will be better understood by inspecting the annexed Engraving... s, the scapulars ; t, sub-axillaries ; w, inner wing-coverts.
1891 Cent. Dict. at Subaxillary n. In ornith., same as axillar or axillary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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