cuneus

楔片(半翅目的前翅)

词形变化

cunei 复数 cunei

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.

    医学
  2. 2.

    A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.

    建筑

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wedge

上位词 2

triangle trigon

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus. Doublet of coign and coin.

来源：wiktionary