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词汇 lingulate
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Definition of lingulate in English:

lingulate

adjective ˈlɪŋɡjʊleɪtˈliNGɡyəˌlāt
Zoology
  • 1Botany
    Tongue-shaped.

    〔植,动〕舌形的,舌状的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The electrical terminals are mounted on the receptacle base and extend into the lingulate board.
  • 2Denoting a type of burrowing brachiopod with an inarticulate shell and a long pedicle.

    〔动〕海豆芽

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The preserved specimen of a living lingulate shown here, Lingula, shows the typical tongue-shaped shell (hence the name Lingulata, from the Latin word for ‘tongue’) with a long stalk, or pedicle, with which the animal burrows into sandy or muddy sediments.
    • This fauna and those described previously from older Utah strata document the biodiversification of the Cambrian-Ordovician lingulate brachiopods and demonstrate their potential for regional and intercontinental correlation.
    • A new species of the poorly known lingulate brachiopod Schizobolus is described from the Famennian of Poland.
    • In the course of our investigations into Ordovician lingulate brachiopod faunas from such limestone residues, we have recovered occasional specimens of small ‘hat-like’ phosphatic plates of enigmatic affinities.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin lingulatus, based on lingua 'tongue', from lingere 'to lick'.

Definition of lingulate in US English:

lingulate

adjectiveˈliNGɡyəˌlāt
Botany Zoology
  • 1Tongue-shaped.

    〔植,动〕舌形的,舌状的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The electrical terminals are mounted on the receptacle base and extend into the lingulate board.
    1. 1.1 Denoting a type of burrowing brachiopod with an inarticulate shell and a long pedicle.
      〔动〕海豆芽
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A new species of the poorly known lingulate brachiopod Schizobolus is described from the Famennian of Poland.
      • In the course of our investigations into Ordovician lingulate brachiopod faunas from such limestone residues, we have recovered occasional specimens of small ‘hat-like’ phosphatic plates of enigmatic affinities.
      • This fauna and those described previously from older Utah strata document the biodiversification of the Cambrian-Ordovician lingulate brachiopods and demonstrate their potential for regional and intercontinental correlation.
      • The preserved specimen of a living lingulate shown here, Lingula, shows the typical tongue-shaped shell (hence the name Lingulata, from the Latin word for ‘tongue’) with a long stalk, or pedicle, with which the animal burrows into sandy or muddy sediments.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin lingulatus, based on lingua ‘tongue’, from lingere ‘to lick’.

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