单词 | venus comb |
释义 | > as lemmasVenus comb Venus comb n. (also Venus's comb) (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > specific species of Murex snipe-bill1713 snipe's-head1842 thorny woodcock1842 Venus comb1842 sea-purple1855 snipe-shell1889 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 54/2 Murex Tribulus, Linn... This is the Venus's Comb of collectors, and when perfect is a most delicate and striking shell. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 616/2 The Venus Comb of the Indian seas is..a very..beautiful shell, with many long thin spines. < as lemmas |
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