| 单词 | mermaid's glove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmermaid's glove mermaid's glove n. (also mermaid's gloves) a marine organism in some way resembling a glove; spec. (a) the sponge Halichondria palmata; (b) dead man's fingers (or hand), Alcyonium digitatum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > class Demospongiae > [noun] > order Ceraospongiae > member of > halichondria palmata (mermaid's glove) mermaid's glove1793 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Alcyonaria > genus Alcyonium > member of sea-foam1725 dead man's hand1755 dead man's toes1755 mermaid's glove1793 alcyonian1844 alcyonoid1857 dead man's finger1860 alcyonarian1861 dead man's thumb1863 sea-finger1876 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 186 The sponge, called Mermaid's glove, is often taken up, upon this coast, by the fishermen's hooks. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 138 The sponge called mermaid's glove. 1865 P. H. Gosse Year at Shore 74 The animal is sometimes, however, called cow's paps, and sometimes mermaid's gloves. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 254/1 (caption) Mermaid's glove (Desmacidon fruticosum). 1994 E. Hajdu et al. in R. W. M. van Soest et al. Sponges in Time & Space 141 (title) Affinities of the ‘mermaid's glove’ sponge Isodictya palmata, with a discussion on the synapomorphic value of chelae microscleres. < as lemmas |
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