单词 | gill plume |
释义 | > as lemmasgill plume gill plume n. a gill consisting of a series or array of parallel or diverging filaments resembling a feather, as in molluscs and tube worms.In quot. 1854: spec. the ctenidium or gill comb. ΚΠ 1854 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Mollusca 207 The gill-plume is single. 1860 J. Harper Glimpses Ocean Life xiv. 229 This peculiarity is not evident..when the Doris is lying in a passive state, with all its gill-plumes closed up. 1996 M. Snyderman & C. Wiseman Guide Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida viii. 85/2 Divers usually notice the sedentary polychaetes when they see the colorful, feather-like gill plumes. 2010 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 61 625 The gill plume [of the nudibranch Okenia felis] is opaque white, with 3 bipinnate branches. < as lemmas |
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