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单词 mermaid's purse
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mermaid's purse
mermaid's purse n. the horny egg-case of a skate, ray, or shark (also called sea purse).
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark) > parts of
serpent's tongue1578
mermaid's purse1700
spiracle1796
sea purse1836
the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of family Rajidae (ray) > part of
virgula1661
mermaid's purse1700
sea purse1836
the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of genus Raia (skate) > part
mermaid's purse1700
sea-pincushion1799
skate-rumple1823
sea purse1836
skate-barrow1851
sea-barrow1860
mermaid's-egg1890
1700 R. Wodrow Early Lett. (1937) 111 The marmaids purses Dr Sibbald calls the uterus of a skate.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 368 These cases..are called Mermaid's purses.
1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) iv. 81 The ‘mermaid's purse’ is of course merely the case in which the egg lies.
1990 Birds Summer 81/2 I was called to explain a mermaid's purse and lost them [sc. two black redstarts] to a foolhardy crab, dancing the samba, showing off to the weans.
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