| 单词 |
ophiomorph |
| 释义 |
ophiomorph Zool.|ˈɒfɪəmɔːf| [mod. f. ophio- + Gr. µορϕή form.] An amphibian of the order Ophiomorpha or Ophiomorphæ (also called Apoda, Gymnophiona, and Ophiobatrachia); a limbless, serpentiform amphibian; a cæcilian. So ophioˈmorphic, ophioˈmorphous adjs., having the form of a serpent or snake; spec. of or pertaining to the Ophiomorpha; ophioˈmorphite, an old name for fossil ammonite shells, from their snake-like appearance; a snake-stone.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 110 Other Ophiomorphit's there are, that have only straight single ribs. 1828Webster, Ophiomorphous. 1909Ld. Balcarres Ital. Sculpture i. 16 In the Celtic art of the North..these ophiomorphic meanderings of line bewilder the eye by their complexity. |

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