| 单词 | rock whelk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock whelk rock whelk n. now rare the common dog whelk, Nucella lapillus (cf. rock shell n. (b)). ΚΠ 1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 14 Buccinum Lapillus, Rock Whelk. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xi. 195 They lie amid sea-shells of the existing species,—the common oyster, the edible cockle and periwinkle, island-cyprina, rock-whelk (purpura lapillus), and a host of others. 1954 Systematic Zool. 3 123/1 Thais lapillus Linné, the common rock whelk of our New England coast and northern Europe, lays its eggs in small vertical capsules. < as lemmas |
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