| 单词 | grand admiral |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrand admiral 6. Any of various cone shells with intricate banded patterning, esp. Conus ammiralis of the tropical west Pacific and Indian Oceans. More fully admiral cone, †admiral shell. Also with distinguishing word, as grand admiral; also High Admiral n. 2, vice-admiral n. 3. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 137 (heading) The Admiral Shell. The Voluta with a broad yellow fascia, with a punctuated line in it. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Admiral, in conchyliology, the name given..to a very beautiful..shell. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) There are four species of this shell, viz. the grand-admiral, the vice-admiral, the orange-admiral, and the extra-admiral. 1820–1 W. Swainson Zool. Illustr. I. Pl. 127 Conus Maldivus, Spanish Admiral Cone... The general similarity existing between the Spanish Admiral, and two other cones, figured in this work, I have before alluded to. 1857 E. Adams Notes on Geol., Mineral., & Springs Eng. & Wales 53 Voluta. A genus of univalve shells; as the admiral shells, tiger shells, etc. 1916 R. Lydekker Wild Life of World III. 380 One of the most exquisite is the admiral cone (Conus amiralis) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. 1997 Molec. Biol. Cell 8 2102 (caption) The admiral cone, Conus ammiralis. < as lemmas |
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