| 单词 | sea wasp |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea wasp ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cliii. 39 She seems a Sea-wasp flying on the waves. sea wasp sea wasp n. a poisonous jellyfish belonging to the order Cubomedusæ, found in Indo-Pacific waters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Cubozoa > order Cubomedusae > member of Cubomedusae1886 sea wasp1910 1910 A. G. Mayer Medusæ of World III. 504 The flexible part of the tentacles are [sic] armed with nematocysts, the stinging power of which is so great that the name ‘Sea Wasp’ is commonly given to these medusæ. 1966 J. H. Barnes in W. J. Rees Cnidaria 332 The origin of such stings was not known, but..it must have been a sea wasp. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xiii. 301 We're too far south here for sea wasps. < as lemmas |
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