| 单词 | ear shell | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasear shell   ear shell  n. an abalone or ormer (genus  Haliotis), which has an ear-shaped shell; the shell itself. ΚΠ 1688    R. Holme Acad. Armory  ii. xvi. 373  				Eare-shell. 1753    Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.  				Ear Shell, auris marina, in natural history, the name of a genus of shell-fish. 1838    Penny Cycl. XII. 14/2  				This section of Gastropods [sc. Haliotidae] commonly called ‘Ear-shells’ or ‘Sea-ears’. a1933    J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman 		(1934)	 I. xv. 395  				In the ear-shell or Haliotis, which is an old-fashioned Gasteropod, there are two well-developed gills. 2011    M. Walters  & J. Johnson World of Animals 		(ed. 2)	 60 		(caption)	  				The abalone or ear shell is valued for its pearly lining and as a food. < as lemmas  | 
	
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