“branchiostege”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

branchiostege

释义

branchiostege, a.|ˈbræŋkɪəʊˌstiːdʒ|
[a. Fr. branchiostège, f. branchio- + Gr. στέγ-ειν to cover]
Covering the gills (= branchiostegal).
Hence branchiostegite |-ˈɒstɪˌdʒaɪt|. [app. after Gr. στεγίτης, erroneously taken as an agential n. from στέγειν], the membrane covering the gills. Also branchiostegous |-ˈɒstɪgəs|, a. (a) having gill-covers; (b) = branchiostegal.
1748–52Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 220 (Jod.) The branchiostege membrane contains ten, eleven, or twelve bones.1769Pennant Zool. III. 164 The number of its branchiostegous rays are seven.1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. iii. i. 294 The cartilaginous, or..branchiostegous tribe of fishes.1880Huxley Cray-Fish 25 This flap..is called the Branchiostegite because it covers the gills or branchiae.

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