单词 | pyramid shell |
释义 | > as lemmaspyramid shell pyramid shell n. (the elongated conical shell of) any of various small gastropod molluscs of the family Pyramidellidae, which are mainly ectoparasites of sedentary invertebrates such as bivalves and tube worms. ΚΠ 1869 S. Tenney Nat. Hist. App. Table xxii. Pyramidellidæ or Pyramid Shell Family. 1901 E. Step Shell Life xv. 250 The Pyramid-shells (Odostomia) are well represented on our shores by a score of species. 1985 K. Banister & A. Campbell Encycl. Underwater Life 255/3 Order Pyramidellomorpha. Pyramid shells (Pyramidellidae). < as lemmas |
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