| 单词 | green-finned |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen-finned green-finned adj. now historical (of an oyster) having green gills (cf. green gill n. and the note there); cf. green-gilled adj. and green oyster n. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [adjective] > of or relating to oyster > of green oysters green-finned1645 green-gilled1858 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xi. 14 I have sent you..two barrells of Colchester oysters,..I presume they are good, and all green finnd. 1772 J. Rutty Nat. Hist. County Dublin I. 377 The third Bed..is the Malahide Oyster, which is partly green-finned, and reckoned very delicious. 1886 Amer. Mag. Jan. 94 There is a small, delicate oyster at Genoa, and a green-finned one at Venice, both of which are excellent. 1948 Dublin Hist. Rec. 10 15 But of all her harvest from the open sea, Malahide was chiefly famous for her ‘green-finned oysters’. < as lemmas |
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