| 单词 | porcelain shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporcelain shell porcelain shell n. a cowrie. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of porcelain1601 porcelain shell1601 tiger-shell1753 cowrie1777 tiger-cowrie1839 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 88 The third [dye or colour] is ordinarily made of the purple & porcellane shel-fishes. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 111 It must needs extravagantly exceed the biggest Nautilus or Porcellane-shell, both in latitude and number of turns. 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. IV. ix. 280 For pins and other trifles they will exchange parrots, Porcelain shells, ambergris, &c. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xii. 385 Cowries, tiny porcelain-shells, still have monetary value in Africa. < as lemmas |
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