单词 | euglenoid |
释义 | euglenoid, a. and n. Biol.|juːˈgliːnɔɪd| [f. mod.L. Euglena (C. G. Ehrenberg 1830, in Ann. d. Physik und Chem. XCIV. 507), f. eu- + Gr. γλήνη pupil of the eye + -oid.] A. adj. Resembling Euglena, a member of the genus of single-celled aquatic flagellates so called, which are treated as either protozoa or algæ. B. n. An organism of this kind.
1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 852/2 The movements now become neither vibratile nor amœboid but definitely restrained, and are best described as ‘euglenoid’. Ibid. 857/1 Euglenoidea... Fam. 6. Astasina. Colourless, metabolic, or stiff Euglenoids. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 843 Chromatophores..are numerous, small, round, or oval in Euglenoids. 1906Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. 124 Euglena..shows a peculiar wriggling motion, waves of transverse constriction passing along the body from end to end... Such motions are termed ‘euglenoid’. 1955New Biol. XIX. 114 Organisms..of euglenoid affinities. Ibid. 119 In euglenoids without the stigma, this phototactic response does not occur. |

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