单词 | common periwinkle |
释义 | > as lemmascommon periwinkle 1. Any of numerous small herbivorous gastropod molluscs of the family Littorinidae, which have a spiral shell and are abundant in the intertidal zone of rocky coasts; esp. (more fully common periwinkle) the edible Littorina littorea, which is common along the coasts of north-west Europe and has a dark-coloured turbinate shell. Also: the shell of any of these molluscs. Cf. winkle n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > genus or member of genus Buccinum (whelks) whelkc725 periwinkle1530 wrinkle1589 Buccinum1601 sea-cornet1601 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of genus Littorina (periwinkle) periwinkle1530 winkle1585 wrinkle1589 pin-patch1694 wink1851 Littorina1857 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > shell of periwinkle periwinkle1530 α. β. 1545 T. Elyot Bibliotheca (new ed.) Coclea, a snayle hauing a shell, also a fishe callyd a pyrwinke [1565 T. Cooper Thesarus perwinke, 1573 perwinkle].1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Livv/1 A Periwinke, cochlea.1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie vi. 28 Some are of harder shels, as oysters, periwinckes, [etc.].1863 Tyneside Songs 46 Sometimes pennywilks, crabs, an' lobsters aw bring.1892 D. Jordan & J. A. Owen Ann. Fishing Village 122 ‘Pennywink’ from old Joe always brought some one or other to the door for a pint of winkles.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 253/2 Perivyncle a shellfysshe, bigorneau, uineau. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Purwinkle fyshe, coclea. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 209 Of the leaste of these welkes or perewincles, they make certeyne lyttle beades of diuers sortes and colours. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 62 Art will soone finde..the hideous Leuiathan of Vainglorie, to be a shrimpe in Witt, a periwinkle in Art, a dandiprat in Industrie. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxiv. 47/2 At Alderley..vpon the hilles to this day are found Cockles, Periwinckles, and Oysters of solid stone. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ix. xii. §4 The Manamotapa and his subjects, weare a white Periwinkle in the fore-head for a Iewell. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 234 Nun-fishes. Monachæ. Muff. Are a wholesome and delicate meate, as any periwinckle. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 173 A great many Perewincles and Muscles. 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 171 Shells are seldom met with; the only ones I saw were Limpids, Muscles, and Periwincles. 1773 W. Wales Jrnl. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 787 Amongst the crustaceous Tribe we found..Scollops, Whelks, Periwinkles. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvii. 411 [Sam Weller says] I merely quote wot the nobleman said to the fractious pennywinkle, ven he vould'nt come out of his shell by means of a pin. 1957 P. White Voss iii. 71 He stooped to touch periwinkles and taste the shining scales of salt. 1992 New Brunswick Outdoor Adventure Guide 2/1 Common periwinkles often hide on rocks beneath the cool damp rockweed. < as lemmas |
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