单词 | venus's ear |
释义 | > as lemmasVenus's ear Venus's ear n. a sea-ear or ear-shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > genus Haliotis > member of ormer1637 sea-ear1681 Norman shell1703 klipkous1731 paua1846 abalone1850 Venus's ear1859 awabi1889 perlemoen1891 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. Geoffry Hamlyn III. i. 11 They fell to gathering shells..like children... Alice took..Trochuses,..and ‘Venus-ears’, scarlet outside. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 87 One urn and a large covered bowl are beautifully inlaid with Venus' ear. < as lemmas |
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