| 单词 | atlantic dogwinkle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAtlantic dogwinkle dogwinkle n. now chiefly U.S. any of several predatory marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Nucella (formerly Thais or Purpura; family Muricidae); esp. (more fully Atlantic dogwinkle) the common dog whelk, N. lapillus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > member of murrey1579 murex1589 dog whelk1823 dogwinkle1856 marine borer1874 oyster drill1877 drill1886 1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca III. 386 This whelk [sc. Purpura lapillus] is called Dog-periwinkle on many parts of the coast.] 1856 P. H. Gosse Man. Marine Zool. II. 129 Purpura (Lamk.) Purple, or Dog-winkle. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 3/1 The Tyrian purple of the ancients can be obtained from the common dog-winkle (Purpura lapillus). 1966 P. A. Morris Field Guide Shells Pacific Coast (ed. 2) 87 Thais emarginata Desh. Emarginate Dogwinkle... Range: Bering Sea to Baja California. 2004 G. A. Hammerson Connecticut Wildlife iii. 18/2 (caption) Two intertidal predators, Atlantic dogwinkle..and Atlantic oyster drill. < as lemmas |
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