chthamaloid

发音

/ˈθæməlɔɪd/

词形变化

chthamaloids 复数 chthamaloids

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any member of the Chthamaloidea superfamily of barnacles.

    生物 动物学

词源

Derived from Chthamaloidea, from Chthamalidae which in turn came from Chthamalinae which was proposed by Charles Darwin in 1854, which appears to be named after the genus Chthamalus named by Camillo Ranzani from Bologna in Memoire di Storia Naturale 1820.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18394#page/462/mode/1up. Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós, “flat or on the ground”)

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