单词 | body whorl |
释义 | > as lemmasbody whorl body whorl n. Zoology and Palaeontology (in the shell of a gastropod mollusc) the last and largest whorl, which (in life) contains the body of the animal; cf. body chamber n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of auricle1665 heel1673 lip1681 mouth1681 whirl1681 rib1711 antihelix1721 canal1734 columella1755 vesture1755 body whirl1776 fent1776 pillar1776 pillar-lip1776 septum1786 aperture1794 body whorl1807 costa1812 seam1816 spine1822 umbo1822 varix1822 peristome1828 summit1828 nucleus1833 concameration1835 lunula1835 nympha1836 nymph1839 lunule1842 peritreme1848 body chamber1851 axis1866 umbone1867 liration1904 1807 W. Turton Brit. Fauna I. 186 Aperture suborbicular, contracted and joined to the body whorl. 1901 E. Step Shell Life xiv. 244 The Poached Egg (Ovula patula) has a mouth that is much longer than the shell proper, and it appears to be all body-whorl. 2003 Jrnl. Paleontol. 77 52/2 Body whorl evenly rounded with wide-spaced and beaded spiral threads. < as lemmas |
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