单词 | moon snail |
释义 | > as lemmasmoon snail moon snail n. a carnivorous marine snail of the family Naticidae, having a glossy shell. ΚΠ 1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (new ed.) II. xxii. 209 (table) Neomenida... Moon-snails. 1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore v. 24 A moon snail grips its food, such as a clam, with this great foot and bores a counter-sunk hole in the shell with its radula. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xv. 484 The moon snail is a clam eater that drills a hole in the shell of its prey and then sucks out the flesh. < as lemmas |
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