| 单词 | nursery area |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnursery area nursery area n. Biology an area, usually offering plentiful food, in which the juveniles of a marine species undergo growth and development. ΚΠ 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 22 647 To close permanently two ‘nursery areas’ populated by small, immature halibut. 1977 Internat. Pacific Halibut Comm. Sci. Rep. No. 62. 5 The vast continental shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea..is a major nursery area for Pacific halibut. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) i. 11/1 The fertilized eggs are released in an area where the prevailing currents will carry them, during development, to areas of high plankton and/or benthos production, known as the nursery areas. < as lemmas |
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