单词 | brain stone |
释义 | > as lemmasbrain stone brain stone n. now rare = brain coral n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > genus Meandrina > member of brain stone1681 brain coral?1711 meandrite1802 meandrine1950 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. iii. 280 Another [coral], with Double Waves... And Waves both double and more winding than in the former; much resembling those of a Mans Brain. From whence, this sort, most properly, are called Brain-stones. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 240 The fossil corals..such as brain-stone. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 34 A beautiful madrepore or brainstone on your mantelpiece, brought home from some Pacific coral-reef. 1955 College Art Jrnl. 14 385/1 Among the items were: meteorite, calcite crystal,..brain stone., [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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