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单词 Sciapodes
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Sciapodes

/sʌɪˈapədiːz/
(also Skiapodes) Classical Mythol.
noun
Treated as plural. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a single leg ending in a foot of immense size with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun.
  • The Sciapodes are variously placed in Africa and India by classical and later authors..

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hacket (fl. 1560–1590). From (i) Middle French sciapodes.

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