英语词汇“palaeognathous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

palaeognathous

/palɪˈɒɡnəθəs/ /peɪlɪˈɒɡnəθəs/

Chiefly Palaeontology

adjective

Designating a relatively rigid type of palate and jaw characteristic of a small number of living and some fossil birds (sometimes classified as a superorder Paleognathae), in which, among other features, the vomers are usually large and imperfectly fused.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in Alfred Romer (1894–1973), paleontologist and biologist. From scientific Latin Palaeognathae, superorder name + -ous; so called on the assumption that such a palate is a primitive condition.

单词	palaeognathous
释义	palaeognathous /palɪˈɒɡnəθəs/ /peɪlɪˈɒɡnəθəs/ Chiefly Palaeontology adjective Designating a relatively rigid type of palate and jaw characteristic of a small number of living and some fossil birds (sometimes classified as a superorder Paleognathae), in which, among other features, the vomers are usually large and imperfectly fused. Origin 1930s; earliest use found in Alfred Romer (1894–1973), paleontologist and biologist. From scientific Latin Palaeognathae, superorder name + -ous; so called on the assumption that such a palate is a primitive condition.
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