单词 | horned helmet |
释义 | > as lemmashorned helmet horned helmet n. the gastropod mollusc, Cassis cornuta, or its shell, from which cameos are cut. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > member of genus Cassis horned helmet1863 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 381 Cameos..that are cut from the Horned Helmet-shell are white. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 740/1 The black helmet (Cassis tuberosa) of the West Indian seas, the horned helmet (C. cornuta) of Madagascar..are also employed [for cameos]. 1966 A. G. Melvin Sea Shells of World 92/2 Cassis cornuta L. Indo-Pac[ific]. Horned Helmet. Whitish... Interior is golden brown. < as lemmas |
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