exite
exite — 名詞
1. A small, movable part on the outer side of the leg of certain arthropods (animal
外葉
節肢動物腿部外側的可動構造
A small, movable part on the outer side of the leg of certain arthropods (animals with jointed legs, such as shrimp and related creatures).
Under the microscope, the biologist identified a small exite on the shrimp's walking leg.
在顯微鏡下，生物學家在蝦的步行足上發現了一個小小的外葉。
identify + exite + on [body part] — used with microscope context
A fairy shrimp's exite moves back and forth as the animal swims through the pond.
豐年蝦的外葉隨著動物在池塘中游動而前後擺動。
Dr. Ito drew a detailed diagram showing the exite attached to the outer limb segment.
伊藤博士繪製了一張詳細的圖解，標示出附著在腿外節上的外葉。
In some ancient crustaceans, the exite was much larger than it is in modern species.
在某些古代甲殼類動物身上，外葉比現代物種要大得多。
The research team compared the exite of a brine shrimp with that of a fossil specimen.
研究團隊比較了滷蟲的外葉與化石標本的外葉。
- outer lobe
descriptive phrase; less precise and not a formal taxonomic equivalent
- endite
the inner lobe on the opposite side of the same limb
文法句型
the exite of [body part]
用法筆記
A specialized term used mainly in zoological descriptions of arthropod anatomy. It is often described alongside the endite, the corresponding inner lobe on the opposite side of the same limb.