diplodocus的词源

英文词源

diplodocus (n.)

1884, coined in Modern Latin in 1878 by U.S. paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) from Greek diploos "double" (see diploid) + dokos "a beam." So called for the peculiar structure of the tail bones.

中文词源

diplodocus：梁龙

diplo-, 两倍的，词源同diploid. -doc, 柱子，房屋主梁，来自PIE*dek, 承载，得体，词源同decent. 因这种恐龙其尾巴下的双柱叉骨而得名。

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