soleno-
(səʊˈliːnəʊ)
combining form of Gr. σωλήν channel, pipe, etc., as soˈlenocyte, one of the cells found in the nephridia of certain polychætan worms; soˈlenodon(t, one or other of certain insectivorous mammalian rodents native to the West Indies and America, as the agouta, S. paradoxus, or the almiqui, S. cubanus; soleˈnogyne, solenoˈstelic a., Bot. (see quots.); solenoˈstomatous a., of, belonging to, or resembling the genus Solenostomus of lophobranchiate fishes.
Various other examples, as solenoconch, solenoglyph, solenopharynx, solenostome, etc., are recorded in some recent Dicts.
| 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 882 The blind branches are beset with peculiar cells, the *solenocytes. |
| 1840 Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 80 The *Solenodon..resembles a gigantic Shrew, but with coarse fur. 1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 362 The existence of a Solenodon in some of the mountainous parts of the island of Cuba. 1896 Sclater in Geog. Jrnl. VII. 288 The affinities of which..seem on the whole to approach the Solenodonts. |
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 1071/2 *Solenogyne, a little Australian perennial herb of the Compositæ, now united with Lagenophora under the name L. Solenogyne. In aspect it is very like our own daisy. |
| 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 243/1 *Solenostelic,..having a tubular stele with internal and external phloëm (Jéffrey). |
| 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 60 According to the ordinary..notion of their food, gasteropodous mollusca with shells may be ranked thus:—Holostomatous phytophaga,..*Solenostomatous zoophaga. |