单词 | avicularium |
释义 | ‖ avicularium Zool.|əˌvɪkjuːˈlɛərɪəm| Pl. -a. [mod.L., f. avicula: see prec. and -arium.] Name given to small prehensile processes shaped like birds' heads with a movable mandible, which snap incessantly, found on the cells of many Polyzoa. aˌvicuˈlarian a., of or pertaining to avicularia.
1856Gosse Marine Zool. II. 4 They have been commonly called ‘Bird's-head processes,’ avicularia. 1873Darwin Orig. Spec. vii. (ed. 5) 194 The presence of the upper or fixed beak alone serves to determine its avicularian nature. |

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