| 单词 | gibbous starlet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgibbous starlet 3. Any of various small starfish with short blunt arms belonging to the genus Asterina or family Asterinidae, esp. (more fully gibbous starlet) A. gibbosa, which is the smallest starfish in British waters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > order Spinulosa > member of family Asterinidae starlet1841 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 120 The Gibbous Starlet is widely distributed on our coasts, though apparently confined to the western and southern shores of Britain. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 325 Full grown Starlets (Asterina). 1896 E. Step By Deep Sea vii. 92 The Gibbous Starlet (Asterina gibbosa), in which it will be seen that the figure of the Common Star has been considerably modified by the partial filling up of the angles between the rays. 1903 H. Scherren Pop. Nat. Hist. Lower Animals vi. 206 With this tiny starlet may be compared a giant form dredged by the Challenger off Wednesday Island, in Torres Straits. 1975 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. B. 75 262 Small starlets Asterina gibbosa..occur commonly on the fronds, presumably feeding on Spirorbis or on the incrusting bryozoa. 2008 C. Gibson Seashore 109 The Green Starlet or the Small Cushion-star is distinguished by its tiny size and spiny or granular upper surface, with a marked dark green or brown star-pattern. < as lemmas |
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