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单词 crystalline style
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crystalline style
crystalline style n. Zoology (in various molluscs, esp. bivalves) a long, transparent mucoid rod that projects from a sac into the stomach, where it rotates to aid mixing and gradually dissolves providing enzymes for digestion.
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1827 R. T. Gore tr. C. G. Carus Introd. Compar. Anat. Animals II. ii. i. 310 The crystalline style, before mentioned,..may probably in that case have the same character in these animals as the peculiar dart of Snails.
1864 W. Houghton in Intellectual Observer No. 32. 70 This body, called the crystalline style.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. ii. 14 The stomach contains a jelly-like body termed the crystalline style.
1942 Physiol. Zoöl. 15 212 The crystalline style, which is always present when oysters are actively feeding, was absent.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. vii. 237 They [sc. monoplacophorans] do have a crystalline style and a radula, though only a small head.
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