marsupite

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse.
    — The most remarkable fossil of this class is the marsupite, which I have thus named from its resemblance, when closed, to a purse. The marsupite (Tab. 51) was a molluscous animal, of a sub-ovate form, having the mouth, which was surrounded by arms, or tentacula, in the centre.

词形变化

marsupites plural

词源

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”) + English -ite; see also marsupial.
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