单词 | terricole |
释义 | terricoleadj.n. A. adj. 1. Zoology. Of an animal: living on the ground or (esp.) in the earth or soil; = terricolous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > on or above aerial1608 superterraneala1629 supraterraneous1666 upper1667 superterraneous1671 superterraneana1681 superterrene1709 above ground1779 superterrestrial1828 supermundane1833 terricolous1835 terricole1840 overground1850 the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > terrestrial > in or under the ground terricole1840 terricoline1993 1840 W. Swainson & W. E. Shuckard Hist. Insects iii. ii. 370 We have Culiciform Tipulæ, terricole Tipulæ, fungicole Tipulæ, gallicole Tipulæ, and floral Tipulæ. 1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 6 June 715 Some living specimens of the ‘Harmut’, Clarias lazera.., from Damietta... This curious Siluroid Fish..Mr. Boulenger was not able to confirm..the account of its terricole habits. 1968 M. S. Mani Ecol. & Biogeography of High Altitude Insects iii. §7. 66 During the morning, about 9-10 hours, the upper layers of the soil have perhaps the richest terricole insect life. 1988 Behaviour 107 279 The ‘funnel-web’ spider Coelotes terrestris..is a terricole agelenid, common in Europe. 2. Botany. Of a lichen: growing on the ground; = terricolous adj. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [adjective] > growing on the ground or rocks saxicolous1856 terricolous1856 terricole1872 saxicole1882 1872 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 10 235 Of this [lichen] there is unfortunately no specimen preserved..and, like other terricole species in this long neglected herbarium, has probably crumbled into dust. 1884 Househ. Words 12 July 217/1 A common straight-bladed knife, to remove the Terricole species, or those that grow on the ground, from their substratum. 1959 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 46 55 Medulla KC—; lobes ciliate, 10-12 mm. wide, terricole; Madagascar. B. n. An animal that lives on the ground or (esp.) in the earth or soil; spec. a member of the former division Terricolae of annelid worms, including earthworms and other forms which lack limbs and burrow through soil or mud. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > terrestrial animal > on or under the ground subterrestrial1800 groundling1874 terricole1890 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) angletwitcheOE earthworma1400 maddocka1400 tweyangle14.. wormc1400 grass worm1565 easse1582 mad1586 dew-worm1598 ground-worm1599 earth-mad1601 yellowtail1608 twatchel1661 rainworm1731 fish-worm1854 mudworm1871 intraclitellian1888 Morrenian1890 terricole1890 1890 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. to July 1889 514 The monkeys..are essentially arboreal; they leap from branch to branch and do not go far afield,—even those that are terricoles and clamber over the rocks. 1896 Naturalist 78 The head-pore of aquatic species is wanting in adult terricoles. 1968 M. S. Mani Ecol. & Biogeogr. High Altitude Insects ix. §6. 215 Nearly 76% of the high altitude species are endogeous terricoles and 78% are predators, carrion feeders and debris feeders. 1983 C. Little Colonisation Land iii. 21/2 The oligochaetes are sometimes considered in two groups, the Microdrili or limicoles, which are usually small and aquatic; and the Megadrili or terricoles, which are larger and are usually referred to as earthworms. 2001 R. H. Arnett & M. C. Thomas Amer. Beetles I. 35/2 Ground inhabitants (geophiles, or terricoles). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1840 |
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