单词 | testacel |
释义 | TestacelTestacellen. Zoology. A genus of carnivorous land-slugs, typical of the family Testacellidæ, having a small oval shield-like shell, which covers only a small part of the back. They live upon earthworms, and inhabit Southern Europe; one species is sometimes found in England. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Testacellidae > genus Testacel Testacel1846 1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) Testacel, a little shell; applied as the general name of a slug which is furnished with a diminutive shell that forms a shield to the heart. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 13 The testacelle..preys on the common earth-worm, following it in its burrow, and wearing a buckler, which protects it in the rear. 1910 Daily News 9 May 4 The slug which ‘by good fortune we may catch sight of eating a worm’, is testacella. Derivatives testaˈcellid adj. and n. = testacellidan adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae testacellid1895 testacellidan1895 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Testacellidae > member of testacellid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Testacellid. testaˈcellidan adj. and n. (a) adj. of or pertaining to the family Testacellidæ; (b) n. a member of this family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae testacellid1895 testacellidan1895 1895 Cambr. Nat. Hist. III. 440 Jaw present, radula Testacellidan, central tooth present. testaˈcelloid adj. resembling the Testacella or Testacellidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae > resembling land-slugs testacelloid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Testacelloid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1846 |
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