单词 | ephippium |
释义 | ephippium in American English (iˈfɪpiəm) nounWord forms: plural ephippia (iˈfɪpiə) Zoology a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran Derived forms ephippial adjective Word origin [1835–45; ‹ NL ‹ Gk ephíppion, n. use of neut. of ephíppios for putting on a horse, equiv. to ep- ep- + hípp(os) horse + -ios adj. suffix] |
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