xenarthran

发音

/zəˈnɑɹθɹən/

词形变化

xenarthrans 复数 xenarthrans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any mammal of the superorder Xenarthra, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth.

    生物 动物学

    2010, Ana Maria Jansen, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, 11: Domestic and Wild Mammalian Reservoirs, Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc, American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease: One Hundred Years of Research, page 249, Marsupials and xenarthrans, which represented the autochthonous mammalian fauna, were T. cruzi’s first hosts.

词源

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “strange”) + ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”).

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