单词 | limnoria |
释义 | limnorian. A marine isopod crustacean of the genus so called, which includes L. lignorum, a borer that attacks timber (= gribble n.2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > member of genus Limnoria gribble1838 limnoria1868 1868 C. S. Bate & J. O. Westwood Hist. Brit. Sessile-eyed Crustacea II. 353 Many kinds of wood, including old oak, are devoured by the Limnoria. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Apr. 325/3 Against teredo's rival limnoria, luckily less widespread, no poison is effective. 1967 J. A. C. Nicol Biol. Marine Animals (ed. 2) v. 231 The gribble Limnoria is an isopod which tunnels into wood and feeds on wood particles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1868 |
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