| 释义 |
eˌccaleoˈbion
[Gr. sentence ἐκκαλέω βίον (intended to mean ‘I evoke life’) written as one word.]
The name given to an egg-hatching apparatus invented by W. Bucknell about 1839.
1839Bucknell (title), Eccaleobion: a Treatise on Artificial Incubation. 1847Craig, Eccaleobion, a contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat. 1880Harper's Mag. 787 Willis's Home Journal was at one time a very eccaleöbion for young writers. |