| 单词 | cockle-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcockle-like ˈcockle-like adj. ΚΠ 1671 M. Lister Let. 25 Aug. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2282 I am apt to think, there is no such matter, as Petrifying of Shells in the business,..but that these Cockle-like stones ever were, as they are at present, Lapides sui generis, and never part of an Animal. 1864 H. Miller Edinb. & its Neighbourhood 133 The most abundant a lymnea, and the next most abundant a cyclas; the first a turbinated univalve, somewhat like the whelk; the other a cockle-like bivalve. 1968 J. Morton & M. Miller N.Z. Sea Shore v. 131 The dog cockles belonging to the genus Glycymeris..have a rounded, cockle-like shell. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Weekend section) 20 The mussels, matched with the sauce, leave a satisfying, almost cockle-like tang on the tongue. < as lemmas |
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