单词 | thero- |
释义 | thero-comb. form hence theroid adj., theropod adj. and n. at theropodous adj. Derivatives, etc.; also the following: therocephalian adj. and n. Brit. /ˌθɪərə(ʊ)sᵻˈfeɪlɪən/ , /ˌθɪərə(ʊ)sᵻˈfalɪən/ , U.S. /ˌθɪroʊsəˈfeɪliən/ (a) adj. belonging to an extinct order of carnivorous reptiles having a skull of the mammalian type; (b) n. a reptile of this order. [After scientific Latin Therocephalia (1878 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1904 Amer. Naturalist 38 103 These cynodonts have lost several of the other more primitive characters of the therocephalians, such as teeth in the palate. 1907 Science 6 Dec. 796 Three new Therocephalian genera have been discovered in beds which are probably Middle Permian. 1907 Science 6 Dec. 796 The discovery of this new reptile, Galechirus, strongly favors the descent of the Therocephalians from an early Rhyncocephaloid ancestor. therocrotaphous adj. Brit. /ˌθɪərə(ʊ)ˈkrɒtəfəs/ , U.S. /ˌθɪrəˈkrɑdəfəs/ having the temporal bone resembling that of mammals. [ < thero- comb. form + ancient Greek κρόταϕος the temple (see crotaphic adj.) + -ous suffix.] ΚΠ 1907 Williston in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 32 488 The plesiosaurs have a larger temporal vacuity, larger indeed than is to be found in any other reptiles of the therocrotaphous (I coin the word) type. therodont n. and adj. Brit. /ˈθɪərə(ʊ)dɒnt/ , U.S. /ˈθɪrəˌdɑnt/ = theriodont n. at therio- comb. form ( Cent. Dict. 1891): see therio- comb. form. therolatry n. Brit. /θɪˈrɒlətri/ , U.S. /θɪˈrɑlətri/ beast-worship, worship of animals.ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of animals brute-worship1738 zoolatry1784 therolatry1873 theriolatry1897 1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 311 Mahomet's alteration of a national character, the complete obliteration of therolatry. theromorphological adj. Brit. /ˌθɪərə(ʊ)mɔːfəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌθɪroʊˌmɔrfəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ of or pertaining to the morphology of the lower animals.ΚΠ 1885 R. Hartmann Anthrop. Apes iii. 111 Virchow and W. Gruber have agreed in representing this frontal process as theromorphological—that is, as a characteristic of the lower animals, and more especially of apes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1873 |
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