cephalophore

词形变化

cephalophores 复数 cephalophores

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    Synonym of cephalopod: a mollusk of the class Cephalopoda.

    废旧

词源

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “I bear, I carry”); in the Christian sense, via French céphalophore, coined by Marcel Hébert in 1914.

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