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单词 apple snail
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apple snail
apple snail n. (a) any of various freshwater prosobranch molluscs constituting the family Ampullariidae; esp. those of the New World genus Pomacea, which are popular in tropical aquaria and can grow to a large size, but have become a serious pest following introduction in Asia; (b) British the edible snail, Helix pomatia.
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1797 G. Humphreys Museum Calonnianum 58 (heading) Genus III. Pomus—Pomme—Apple Snail.
1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 38 Picking up a few Apple-snails (Ampullariæ), I walked briskly towards town.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 83 The Roman or Apple Snail (Helix pomatia) should be used for dissection, though the common garden snail..can be used.
1975 BioScience 25 309/3 The apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) [is] the sole food of the endangered Everglades kite.
2006 Jrnl. Food Composition & Anal. 19 749/2 Some fish species contribute to the biological control of rice pests such as apple snails, stem borers or caseworms.
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