umas

umas — 名詞

1. a small group of South American lizards with long toes that have a row of tiny s

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釋義

穗趾蜥屬

南美洲鬣蜥科的一個屬，腳趾有穗狀邊緣

a small group of South American lizards with long toes that have a row of tiny scales along the edges, which help the animals move across loose sand without sinking.

例句

Researchers discovered a new species of Umas living in the dry forests of northern Peru.

研究人員在祕魯北部的乾燥森林中發現了一個新的 Umas 物種。

usually capitalised Umas as genus name

The genus Umas belongs to the family Iguanidae, which includes many well-known lizards.

Umas 屬屬於鬣蜥科，這個科包含許多常見的蜥蜴。

taxonomic classification: genus + family Iguanidae

文法句型

Umas + singular verb

用法筆記

In scientific writing, the genus name is always capitalised and written in italics (Umas). The plural form is also Umas.

常見錯誤

❌the umas species' (lowercase)
✅the Umas species' (capitalised)
💡genus names are always capitalised in formal biology.

2. a common name for any lizard of the genus Umas, recognised by the fringe-like sc

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釋義

穗趾蜥

Umas 屬蜥蜴的俗稱，腳趾有穗狀鱗片

a common name for any lizard of the genus Umas, recognised by the fringe-like scales on its toes that allow it to run on sand and soft soil without difficulty.

例句

Paloma spotted a fringefoot darting across the warm sand near the river mouth.

Paloma 在河口的溫暖沙地上看到一隻穗趾蜥快速跑過。

fringefoot as common name for the lizard

The fringefoot's specially adapted toes help it climb sandy slopes that other lizards cannot cross.

穗趾蜥特別適應的腳趾讓牠能夠爬上其他蜥蜴無法越過的沙質斜坡。

adapted toes for sandy terrain

同義詞
  • fringefoot

    more common in everyday language; less precise than the genus name

文法句型

a fringefoot

the fringefoot

用法筆記

Fringefoot is not a scientific name but a descriptive common name. It is written in lowercase unless it begins a sentence.