单词 | muck bed |
释义 | > as lemmasmuck bed muck bed n. a bed of muck soil; material from such a bed. ΚΠ 1855 Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route Railroad VIII. i. 364 The specimen..was found about eight feet below the surface in a muck bed about four feet thick, resting on sand with shells of Planorbis, Cyclas, &c. 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 163 I certainly think the words would never have come together except in this way:—I, quart pyx, who fling muck beds. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 553 Do not wantonly destroy a good muck bed. 1918 Science 12 Apr. 370/2 Dr. Berry's paper deals especially with the fossil plants found in the muck bed. 1940 Q. Rev. Biol. 15 32/2 They [sc. star-nosed moles] feed from muck beds and stream bottoms on aquatic insects and worms. < as lemmas |
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