单词 | telescope shell |
释义 | > as lemmastelescope shell telescope shell n. now rare any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Potamididae, having a long conical shell with numerous whorls (also called horn snail); esp. one of the genus Telescopium; (also) the shell itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > miscellaneous types > shell of family Potamididae telescope shell1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 134 (heading) The Telescope-shell. 1866 Intellect. Observer Nov. 253 (caption) Longitudinal section of telescope-shell (Cerithium telescopium, L.), from Indian rivers. 1984 D. Sharabati Red Sea Shells Pl. 4 (caption) The Telescope Shells are slender and often drab shells which live in large colonies in muddy or brackish water. < as lemmas |
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