单词 | chamber cast |
释义 | > as lemmaschamber cast chamber cast n. Palaeontology a fossil impression formed from a chamber in the body or shell of an organism; cf. cast n. 30b. ΚΠ 1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn on Earth vii. 185 Dr. Gümbel, observing..grains of coccolith..in crystalline calcareous marbles, considered them to be ‘chamber casts’ or of organic origin. 1950 Micropaleontologist 4 17 (title) A chamber cast in Nodosaria affinis. 2001 Palaios 16 153/2 One terminal chamber cast..is 26·5 cm long, 10·4 cm wide, and 6·3 cm high. < as lemmas |
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