请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 testacea
释义

testacean.

/tɛˈsteɪʃ(ɪ)ə/
Etymology: Latin, neuter plural of testāceus adjective, consisting of testae , i.e. tiles, shells, etc.; also, covered with a shell: see -acea suffix.
1. With plural agreement. Testaceous substances, as limestone, chalk. Cf. testacye n. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > testaceous substances
testacea1743
1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 241 Chalk and other Testacea will answer the same, but not so well.
2. Zoology. With plural and singular agreement. A name for various groups of invertebrate animals having shells (excluding Crustacea). spec. (a) used by Linnæus to designate his third order of Vermes, comprising the shell-bearing molluscs (obsolete); by Cuvier applied to the shell-bearing molluscs of his class Acephala (obsolete); (b) (in present use) a suborder of pteropod molluscs including all having (ialcareous shells, otherwise called Thecosomata; (also) an order of Protozoa having shells, with apertures through which the pseudopodia are protrusible.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sarcodina > order Rhizopoda > [noun] > suborder Testacea
testacea1828
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs)
testacea1828
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > class Pteropoda > subclass Testacea
testacea1828
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 4 In the last edition of his Systema Naturæ, Linnæus,..in the third and fourth divisions of his third order, Testacea, places those possessed of shells.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 52 Soldani..explained that microscopic testacea and zoophytes inhabited the depths of the Mediterranean.
1860 tr. G. Hartwig Sea & Wonders i. 11 Pholades and Lithodomas are marine testacea, that have the power of burying themselves in stone.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 905 The Amœbina may be classified as..: 1. Nuda s. Gymnamœbæ: devoid of a test... 2. Testacea s. Lepamœbæ: a test either chitinoid..or composed of chitinoid or siliceous plates cemented together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1743
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/25 10:12:04