单词 | cockscomb oyster |
释义 | > as lemmascockscomb oyster 7. More fully cockscomb oyster. Any of several oysters having a shell with prominent ribs or ridges thought to resemble the comb or crest of a cock; esp. Lopha cristagalli, which has a reddish-purple shell and is native to the Indo-Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > of specific form coxcomb1763 sharper1881 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xxxviii. 318 The cocks comb oyster..is furnished with three or more very prominent sharp ridges, divided by very deep angular furrows, which..form a toothed-edge like that of a Cock's-comb. 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. xii. 250 The species of this family [sc. Ostreum or Oyster] are very numerous; some are curious though not beautiful,..as..the Cockscombs, &c. 1817 P. Hawker Catal. Extraneous Fossils 47 A fine mass of coxcomb oysters, very perfect, in sand-stone. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 254 In the ‘cock's-comb’ oysters both valves are plaited. 1974 Proc. National Shellfisheries Assoc. 64 12/1 The name Lopha cristagalli..is used for the cockscomb oysters which I collected in the South Pacific Islands of Palau, Truk and Fiji. 2013 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 10 Mar. The zigzag shaped ‘mouth’ of the oysters reminded her of some cockscomb oysters she'd seen before. < as lemmas |
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