| 单词 | carrier shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarrier shell carrier shell n. any of the tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Xenophora or family Xenophoridae, many of which cement foreign objects, such as fragments of stone, coral, or other shells, to the edges of their own shells as a means of protection and camouflage; the shell of such a mollusc. ΚΠ 1786 Catal. Portland Mus. (Skinner & Co.) 11 A pair of Trochus onustus, or Carrier shell. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 109/2 Phorus, De Montfort's name for the trochoid form which is loaded with pebbles, shells, &c. (Trochus agglutinans of authors..), generally known to collectors by the name of Carrier Shells. 1909 E. R. Chudleigh Diary 26 Nov. (1950) 449 It is called the Carrier Shell... It protects its own shell by sticking small flat shells on its back like slates. 2005 P. D. Taylor & D. N. Lewis Fossil Invertebr. iii. 79 Carrier shells deliberately cement foreign objects to the outer edges of their shells. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。