| 单词 | ear stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasear stone ear stone n. †(a) a fossil resembling a human ear (obsolete rare); (b) = otolith n. 1 (cf. also otolite n.). ΚΠ 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 646 The Lapis Auricularis or Ear Stone of Dr. Plot, is a mere fossil oyster. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 171 The large ear-stones, which..characterise all the members of the present group [sc. gurnards]. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 390 The periodicity of growth is indicated by..the concentric layers of a pearl or in the ear-stones of a haddock. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes vi. 69/1 The lapillus, a solid deposit, or otolith (‘ear stone’),..rests on a bed of sensory hair cells. < as lemmas |
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