“ziphioid”的英文意思_释义_用法

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ziphioid

释义

ziphioid, a. and n. Zool.|ˈzɪfɪɔɪd|
Also erron. ziphoid.
[f. mod.L. Ziphius (Cuvier, 1834), erron. form for Xiphius, ad. Gr. ξίϕιος, var. form of ξιϕίας swordfish, xiphias; see -oid.]
a. adj. Resembling or allied to the genus Ziphius of whales; belonging to or having the characteristics of the family Ziphiidæ.
b. n. A ziphioid whale. Also ˈziphian; so ˈziphiiform a., having the form of a whale of this genus.
1870Flower Osteol. Mamm. iv. 40 In Hyperoodon, and most of the other Ziphioids, the whole of the cervical vertebræ are ankylosed together.1870Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. iv. VI. 348 A Ziphioid Whale, probably Berardius Arnuxii.1876Tomes Dental Anat. iii. 56 The Micropteron, a ziphoid Cetacean.Ibid. ix. 288 The Cetaceans classed together as Ziphoids have no teeth in the upper jaw.1896R. J. Anderson Whales & Dolph. ii. 13 In Ziphians the ribs are ten.Ibid. 14 In Sternum of the Ziphian kind A hole at middle, you will find.

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