| 单词 | needle-shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneedle-shell needle-shell n. any of various marine gastropod molluscs with tall, pointed shells; (now esp.) = needle whelk n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > member of family Terebridae needle-shell1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 134 The slender Turbo, with ventricose spires, and a small rounded mouth. The Needle-shell. 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 380 The Spotted Needle-shell, or Spotted Auger, derives its name from the long and sharply pointed form of the shell. 1901 E. Step Shell Life iv. 49 Our own little needle-shell (Caecilianella acicula), which lives an entirely subterranean life, has lost them [sc. eyes] altogether. 1976 A. C. Campbell Hamlyn Guide to Seashore & Shallow Seas 154 Bittium reticulatum (da Costa). Needle Shell. Shell up to 1.5 cm high and relatively narrow. < as lemmas |
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