| 单词 | auger shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasauger shell auger shell n. any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Terebridae or of the genus Turritella (family Turritellidae) (see sense 3); the shell of such a mollusc. ΚΠ 1799 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Shells I. Pl. XXII Turbo Terebra. Auger shell. 1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth (1878) xviii. 293 Numerous species of..Trumpet-shells (Triton), Auger-shells (Terebra), and Fig-shells (Pyrula). 1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life 659 Terebra dislocata Say... The Little Auger Shell. This small and slender species is grayish or brownish in color marked with yellowish brown. 2002 M. E. Johnson Discovering Geol. Baja Calif. ii. 23 A surprisingly high-spired auger shell (Turritella gonostoma). 2011 W. Call No Word for Welcome iii. 63 ‘Open your hand,’ she said, reaching over and dropping several wave-polished auger shells into my palm. < as lemmas |
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