| 单词 | devil's toenail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's toenail devil's toenail n. a fossil oyster of the extinct Mesozoic genus Gryphaea (family Gryphaeidae), a gryphite; †(also) a belemnite (obsolete). ΚΠ 1808 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) X. at Crow-stones These the ignorant and superstitious of some places denominate the devil's toe-nails! 1847 D. T. Ansted Anc. World ix. 190 The Belemnite has..various local names (such as thunderbolt, devil's toe-nail). 1989 Garden Hist. 17 21 The fossil [sc. Gryphaea incurva] is often known as the devil's toenail on account of its resemblance to a large ingrowing toenail. 2009 Times 1 Aug. (Weekend section) 31/1 I still pore over gravelled drives in search of belemnites and devil's toenails. < as lemmas |
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