| 单词 | rosary shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosary shell rosary shell n. a shell with a low or rounded spire belonging to any of various marine gastropod molluscs; spec. (a) a shell of any of several genera of top shells (family Trochidae), having a regular pattern of raised knobs; (b) Australian the small black shell of Nerita melanotragus (family Neritidae), used by Bass Strait islanders to make necklaces. ΚΠ 1854 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 61) 22 The Top Shells (Trochus) and their allied genera; as the rosary [shell] (Clangulus pharaonicus). 1879 T. C. Just Tasmaniana xi. 59 (table) Nerita atrata... Rosary-shell necklace [printed necelace]. 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. 183/2 Rosary-shell,..the genus Monodonta. 1892 T. C. Just Official Hand-bk. Tasmania (ed. 5) 60 The curious rice shell necklaces are various species of Truncatella..and the rosary shell necklaces and bracelets are of the Nerita atrata. 2006 B. F. Chhapgar Marine Life in India xxxv. 167 One of the daintiest shells is the Button shell or Rosary shell Umbonium vestiarium. 2008 Australiana Feb. 33/3 The black rosary shell necklaces became popular after the death of Prince Albert and later Queen Victoria, stimulating a demand for mourning jewellery. < as lemmas |
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