| 单词 | arabian cowrie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArabian cowrie Arabian cowrie n. [after scientific Latin Cypraea arabica ( Linnaeus Systema naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 718)] a cowrie, Cypraea arabica, whose shell is streaked and mottled with brown, found widely in the Indo-Pacific region; the shell of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of (cowrie) Venus-shell1589 Venus-winkle1601 wart-gowry?1711 nipple cowry1713 smallpox1759 cowrie1777 serpent's skull1795 Arabian cowrie1804 mouse1815 sea-louse1815 serpent's head1815 wasp1815 niggerhead1895 1804 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. XVI. facing Pl. 648 The Brittle Cowry and Arabian Cowry. Subturbinated Cowry with characteriform variegations and violet-coloured mouth. 1952 S. W. Tinker Pacific Sea Shells 140 The Arabian cowry is a large and heavy shell which is somewhat inflated and margined at the base. 2010 M. J. Samways et al. Trop. Island Recovery 80/1 Others, like the Carnelian cowrie (Cypraea carneola), Arabian cowrie (C. arabica), Money cowrie (C. moneta)..occur on shallow reefs. < as lemmas |
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