| 单词 | heart-shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart-shell heart-shell n. any of various bivalve molluscs, chiefly members of the superfamily Cardioidea, the two shell valves of which together form the shape of a heart; (also) the shell of these; cf. heart cockle n. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 154 The Cardiæ or Heart-shells, among which are the Cockles. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Heart-shells..always expressing what we call the figure of a Heart. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 332 With the foot as an elastic spring the heart-shell leaps along. 1935 J. L. Baily Keep's W. Coast Shells (rev. ed.) x. 86 The interesting family of the Heart-shells, or Cockles, as they are called in many places. 2002 J. Wilson Saint-Pierre's Journey to Mauritius 112 The heart-shells, if they are regular, have little teeth in their hinges which fold one into the other. < as lemmas |
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