crow-silkn.
A name given to the Confervæ and other delicate green-spored Algæ with fine silky filaments, especially to the common freshwater species Conferva rivularis.
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crow-silk1721
conferva1758
moor-ball1777
Oscillatoria1828
water flannel1843
conferval1850
confervoid1855
silkweed1857
duck-mud1884
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 55 About three miles from Colchester there are little Pits..in which they place Baskets of Oysters..to..grow green by feeding upon a sort of Crow-silk, which is in great plenty in those Pits.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 976 [Conferva rivularis] River Conferva. Crow Silk. Anglis.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 166 The various species of confervæ are known in country places by the popular name of crow-silks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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