英语词汇“sea butterfly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	sea butterfly
释义	sea butterfly in British English noun another name for pteropod pteropod in British English (ˈtɛrəˌpɒd) noun any small marine gastropod mollusc of the group or order Pteropoda, in which the foot is expanded into two winglike lobes for swimming and the shell is absent or thin-walled Also called: sea butterfly sea butterfly in American English noun any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called fortheir ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot Word origin [1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, interface, jackpot, pari-mutuel, regionalism Examples of 'sea butterfly' in a sentence sea butterfly Her poems are delicate, but they have an unusual density, too, as she packs her sentences with nouns: 'polyps, plankton, jellyfish, and sea-butterflies'. Times, Sunday Times (2009) These all feed on pteropods, or sea butterflies, one of the species most threatened by rising acidity. Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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sea butterfly in British English