单词 | telemetacarpal |
释义 | telemetacarpaladj. Zoology. Having vestiges only of the distal portion of the first and fifth metacarpals, as characteristic of deer of the subfamily Capreolinae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [adjective] > having particular parts dew-clawed1575 well-risen1607 telemetacarpal1878 1878 V. Brooke in Proc. Zool. Soc. 887 Plesiometacarpal and telemetacarpal limb—characters..closely corresponding with the distribution of the Cervidæ. 1951 L. F. de Beaufort Zoogeogr. Land & Inland Waters 13 The only telemetacarpal deer of the Palæarctic Region are the reindeer, the elk (Alces), and the roe-deer. 2011 C. Groves & P. Grubb Ungulate Taxon. x. 71/2 In telemetacarpal deer, the petrous forms its medial border. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1878 |
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