| 单词 | keyhole limpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskeyhole limpet keyhole limpet n. any of various marine gastropod molluscs constituting the family Fissurellidae and the superfamily Fissurelloidea, which resemble true limpets but have an elongated aperture at or near the apex of the shell; also called slit limpet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > member of family Fissurellidae keyhole limpet1820 slit-limpet1901 1820 C. Wodarch Introd. Study Conchol. 105 There are some few species which are perforated in the region where the beak is usually situated, these are commonly called Key-hole Limpets. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. I. 320 The Fissurellidæ, or key-hole limpets, are structurally closely allied to the..Haliotidæ. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs iv. 68 In..the keyhole limpets, Fissurella, this closes to leave a small hole at the top of a volcano-shaped shell. 2011 L. E. Tway Tidepools (ed. 2) 21 Examples of keyhole limpets in Southern California's tidepools are the Giant Keyhole Limpet and the Volcano Limpet. < as lemmas |
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