单词 | vomer |
释义 | vomern. 1. Anatomy. A small thin bone forming the posterior part of the partition between the nostrils in man and most vertebrate animals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of nose sieve-bone1594 ethmoid bone1657 labyrinth1678 vomer1704 ethmoid1732 turbinal1848 ethmoturbinal1853 mesethmoid1870 turbinate1873 mid-ethmoid1884 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Vomer, is a Bone situated in the middle of the lower part of the Nose. 1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 158 The Vomer divides the Nostrils, [and] enlarges the Organ of Smelling. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. vi. 26 I..found that the Roots of the Polypus adhered to the Vomer. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 66 The Vomer is an azygous bone, situated in the median line,..forming the posterior part of the septum of the nasal fossæ. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 25 The skull of the Common Fowl differs from that of the Common Pigeon..in its possession of a rudimentary vomer. 2. Ichthyology. A bone forming the front part of the roof of the mouth, and often bearing teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > vomer vomer1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 405 Many pointed teeth along both jaws, the palate, and the tongue, but none on the vomer. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics , 170 The next, or fourth family of the Acanthopterygii..differ in not having teeth on either vomer or palate. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 469 Brook Trouts,..distinguished from the true Salmons by a peculiar arrangement of teeth on the vomer. 3. Ornithology. The large terminal bone in the tail of most birds; the pygostyle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > bone in ploughshare bone1777 pygostyle1868 vomer1872 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 37 The bones are few..and short, not projecting beyond the general plumage, and the last one, called coccyx or vomer,..is large and singularly shaped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704 |
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