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. Origin1930s; 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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