| 单词 | venuss-flower-basket |
| 释义 | Venus's flower basket in British Englishnoun any of several deep-sea sponges of the genus Euplectella, esp E. aspergillum, having a skeleton composed of interwoven glassy six-rayed spicules Venus's flower basket in American Englishnoun a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed of an intricate latticework of siliceous spicules Word origin [1870–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, Victorian, asymmetric, immobilize, washoutWord lists with Types of invertebrate |
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