单词 | sea-ear |
释义 | sea-earn. 1. A univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis; an ormer or ear-shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > genus Haliotis > member of ormer1637 sea-ear1681 Norman shell1703 klipkous1731 paua1846 abalone1850 Venus's ear1859 awabi1889 perlemoen1891 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. i. 139 [Of Shells] The Sea-Ear. Auris marina. It hath its Name from its Figure. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/2 Univalves... Sea Ears, Planæ. These are very flat, resembling a man's-ear. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iii. 1326 Muscles and sea-ears supply the place of other fish. 1883 N. Okoshi Fisheries Japan (Fish. Exhib. Catal.) 16 The shells of sea-ear are now exported to Europe for the manufacture of buttons and other purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > unspecified or unidentified plants bildersc1425 bladdera1500 olourc1540 bellrags1548 laver1562 sion1562 olorina1596 water wall1607 strumblowes1624 sea-ear1668 sea-berry1711 sea-froth1725 slawk1824 flannel-weed1893 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §3. 71 Herbs considered according to their leaves... Sea-ear. [margin Auris marina.] 3. = sea-corn n., see quot. 1891 for sea-corn n. at sea n. Compounds 6d. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1668 |
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