英语词汇“lamp shell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lamp shell

noun

A marine invertebrate which superficially resembles a bivalve mollusc but has two or more arms of ciliated tentacles (lophophores) that are extended for filter-feeding. Lamp shells are common as fossils. Also called brachiopod.

Phylum Brachiopoda: numerous groups in the Palaeozoic era but few surviving to the present day.

Brachiopods - lampshells - for instance, have remained virtually unchanged since they first appeared in the Cambrian Period, more than 500 million years ago....

For example, horseshoe crabs (Limulus) and lampshells (Lingula) both occur in shallow marine environments, where many predators and competitors exist, particularly since the Cretaceous Period.
Until now, the earliest animals known to be coloured were lamp shells that lived about 350 million years ago.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from its resemblance to an ancient oil lamp.

单词	lamp shell
释义	lamp shell noun A marine invertebrate which superficially resembles a bivalve mollusc but has two or more arms of ciliated tentacles (lophophores) that are extended for filter-feeding. Lamp shells are common as fossils. Also called brachiopod. Phylum Brachiopoda: numerous groups in the Palaeozoic era but few surviving to the present day. Brachiopods - lampshells - for instance, have remained virtually unchanged since they first appeared in the Cambrian Period, more than 500 million years ago.... For example, horseshoe crabs (Limulus) and lampshells (Lingula) both occur in shallow marine environments, where many predators and competitors exist, particularly since the Cretaceous Period. Until now, the earliest animals known to be coloured were lamp shells that lived about 350 million years ago. Origin Mid 19th century: from its resemblance to an ancient oil lamp.
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