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- annelid (n.)



[annelid 词源字典] - "segmented worm," 1834, from French annélide, source of the phylum name Annelida, coined in Modern Latin 1801 by French naturalist J.B.P. Lamarck (1744-1829), from annelés "ringed ones" (from Latin anulus "little ring," a diminutive of anus; see anus) + Greek eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).[annelid etymology, annelid origin, 英语词源]
- carnelian (n.)




- "red variety of chalcedony," variant of cornelian, altered by influence of Latin carnem "flesh" because of its color.
- cornelian (n.)




- "red variety of chalcedony," a variant of corneline (c. 1400), from Old French corneline (Modern French cornaline), diminutive of corneola, probably from Vulgar Latin *cornea, from Latin cornus, name of a type of berry (see cornel).
- Cornelius




- masc. proper name, from the name of a Roman gens.
- ineligible (adj.)




- 1770, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + eligible.
- loneliness (n.)




- 1580s, from lonely + -ness.
- panelist (n.)




- 1950, American English, from panel (n.) + -ist. Originally in quiz shows.