单词 | eye-cup |
释义 | > as lemmaseye-cup 4. A natural organ or formation having the form of a drinking-cup; e.g. the rounded cavity or socket of certain bones, as the shoulder blade and hip bone; the cup-shaped hardened involucrum (cupule) of an acorn ( acorn-cup); the calyx of a flower, also the blossom itself when cup-shaped; a cup-shaped organ in certain Fungi, or on the suckers of certain Molluscs; a depression in the skin forming a rudimentary eye in certain lower animals (also eye-cup or cup-eye). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity > urn- or cup-shaped cavity cup1540 calix1708 calyx1828 calicle1848 eye cup1876 urn1877 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > rudimentary eye > depression forming cup1900 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxviv Take..the cuppes of Acornes. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. G.iiiv The..shoulder blade..in the vpper part it is round, in whose roundnes is a concauitie, which is calledye [sic] boxe or coope of the shoulder. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 31 All their Elues..Creepe into acorne cups, and hide them there. View more context for this quotation 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 849 The Cup of the Hippe. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 45 The Cup is that which infolds the Leaves and the Heart of a Flower, while it is yet in Bud. 1743–6 W. Shenstone Elegies viii. 38 The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 870 Peziza..The hymenium lines the cavity of a fleshy membranous or waxy cup. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 456 The suckers of the Decapoda are stalked, and the cup has a marginal horny ring. 1900 F. A. Bather in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. III. 30 Each cup is coated at its base with pigment. 1927 Glasgow Herald 9 July 4 In some of the sea-worms..we start with diagrammatically simple ‘cup-eyes’,..and gradually pass to very elaborate ‘cup-eyes’. 1927 Glasgow Herald 9 July 4 A minute optic skin~cup. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XX. 628/2 Eye-spots are found in Medusae, starfishes, and some Annelid worms... The first step..is the sinking of the eye-spot into a pit-like depression, thus forming an eye-cup (optic cup). 1929 Encycl. Brit. XX. 628/2 The cells situated at the back of the cup. 1940 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 6) I. 249 [Phylum Platyhelminthes.] When most highly developed the eye..is still of very simple structure, consisting of a cup formed of one or more pigment-cells having sensory cells in close relation to it with processes (nerve-fibres) passing to the brain. < as lemmas |
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