| 单词 | weaver's shuttle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweaver's shuttle b. In full weaver's shuttle, a shuttle-shell, esp. Radius volva; also, the shell of this gastropod. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of genus Radius weaver's shuttle1815 shuttle-shell1861 1815 E. J. Burrow Elements Conchol. 199 Bulla Volva. Weaver's Shuttle. B. Birostris. Bastard Weaver's Shuttle. B. Gibbosa. Short gibbous Shuttle; the Gondola. 1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 195 The Weaver's Shuttle (Radius volva). 1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 196 The creature folds its foot round the Gorgonias on which it lives, carrying its shuttle gracefully over its head. weaver's shuttle weaver's shuttle n. (a) the shuttle used by weavers: (b) a shell Radius (Ovulum) volva. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > shuttle shuttle1338 weaver's shuttle1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Radius,..a wayuers shyttell, wherwith he throweth the yern in to the webbe. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Job vii. 6 My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle. 1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Weaver's Shuttle, Bulla Volva. < as lemmas |
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