单词 | heart cockle |
释义 | > as lemmasheart cockle heart cockle n. any of various bivalve molluscs, the two shell valves of which together form the shape of a heart, esp. the large Glossus humanus (family Glossidae) and various relatively large species of the family Cardiidae; (also) the shell of these; cf. heart-shell n. ΚΠ ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 93 Red-Waved, thread-girdled Heart Cockle. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 300 The heart-cockle burrows in sand, by means of its foot. 1944 Pop. Photogr. Nov. 101/1 The loveliness of a Venus Comb, a Heart Cockle, or a Turret shell can only be fully appreciated when their graceful contours are clearly visible to the spectator's eye. 2001 J. Hahn Spirited Waters v. 76 Butter clams, western bittersweets, bent-nosed clams, heart cockles—all feasted after a six-hour fast. < as lemmas |
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