| 单词 | mermaid's purse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmermaid's purse mermaid's purse n. the horny egg-case of a skate, ray, or shark (also called sea purse). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark) > parts of serpent's tongue1578 mermaid's purse1700 spiracle1796 sea purse1836 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of family Rajidae (ray) > part of virgula1661 mermaid's purse1700 sea purse1836 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of genus Raia (skate) > part mermaid's purse1700 sea-pincushion1799 skate-rumple1823 sea purse1836 skate-barrow1851 sea-barrow1860 mermaid's-egg1890 1700 R. Wodrow Early Lett. (1937) 111 The marmaids purses Dr Sibbald calls the uterus of a skate. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 368 These cases..are called Mermaid's purses. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) iv. 81 The ‘mermaid's purse’ is of course merely the case in which the egg lies. 1990 Birds Summer 81/2 I was called to explain a mermaid's purse and lost them [sc. two black redstarts] to a foolhardy crab, dancing the samba, showing off to the weans. < as lemmas |
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