| 单词 | devil's finger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's finger devil's finger n. (a) a belemnite (also in plural); (b) (in plural) a starfish, esp. Asterias rubens (now historical and rare).With sense (a) cf. fingerstone n. 2. ΚΠ 1811 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World III. x. 122 Belemnites... Various names have been assigned to this fossil... Such are, devil's fingers, Spectrorum candela, and idæus dactylus, from their having somewhat of the form of fingers. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 172/2 Belemnite, Thunderstone, or Arrowhead..: we..find the term Devil's fingers bestowed on them. 1842 Sat. Mag. 9 Nov. 180/2 The Uraster rubens..is in Ireland an object of superstitious dislike, and at Bangor is known by the name of ‘devil's fingers’. 1902 Christian Work 9 Aug. 196/1 The starfish, that flabby innocent called ‘devil's fingers’, has a pull which avails much on the oyster beds. 1950 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 28 Apr. 9 Starfish were once known as ‘Devil's Fingers’. It was believed that they would sting and blister the fingers when touched. 1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xiii. 131 With the Devil's Finger, however, the belemnite fossil, a rich complex is associated. 2010 Northern Echo (Nexis) 4 Dec. Bullet shaped belemnites, which look like dinosaur teeth and are the remains of a creature resembling a cuttlefish, are, locally, called ‘devil's fingers’. < as lemmas |
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