| 单词 | painter's mussel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainter's mussel painter's mussel n. (also painters' mussel) a European freshwater mussel, Unio pictorum, the shell of which was formerly used by artists to hold paint. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Unionidae > genus Unio > member of river mussel1637 painter's mussel1896 1862 J. G. Jeffreys Brit. Conchol. I. 34 U[nio]pictorum... Painters'. 1865 L. Reeve Conchologia Iconica XXV. at Unio, species 123 The painters' Unio. Shell elongately oblong,..fulvous-olive.] 1896 L. E. Adams Collector's Man. Brit. Land & Freshwater Shells (ed. 2) 148 The ‘Painters' Mussel’ is found in similar localities to U[nio]tumidus. 1952 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xvi. 268 The Painter's Mussel..has a long, thin shell, about two to three inches in length. 1988 Coarse Fishing Handbk. June–July 31/1 Painters mussels..are longer and narrower than the swan and duck mussels, and have teeth in the hinge of their shells. < as lemmas |
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