| 单词 | sunset shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunset shell sunset shell n. any of various burrowing marine bivalve molluscs, spec. of the families Psammobiidae and Tellinidae, which have a shell marked with bands of colour radiating from the umbones; also with distinguishing word; cf. setting sun n. 4. ΚΠ 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 311 (heading) Psammobia, Lamarck. Sunset-shell. 1901 E. Step Shell Life ix. 147 The Faroe Sunset-shell (P. ferröensis) is larger, more opaque, and duller, marked with close low concentric ridges. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs x. 188 The British genera are Gari, containing the sunset shells, some of the most beautiful of bivalves, and the razor-shaped Solecurtus. 2007 M. G. King Fisheries Biol., Assessm., & Managem. (ed. 2) ii. 89/1 Tellins or sunset shells are mainly tropical sand-dwelling clams that have elongate fragile shells with rays of colour radiating out from the hinge area. < as lemmas |
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