| 单词 | painted top-shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspainted top-shell painted top n. (in full painted top-shell) a littoral gastropod mollusc, Calliostoma zizyphinum, which has a vividly coloured conical shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Trochidae > calliostoma zizyphinum painted top-shell1865 1865 J. G. Wood Common Shells of Sea-shore xi. 100 The Painted Top-shell..is rather boldly ridged. 1865 J. G. Wood Common Shells of Sea-shore xi. 101 The name of Painted Top is given to it on account of the magnificent hues of the animal. 1972 S. P. Dance Shells 18 (caption) The Painted Top Shell is a gaily coloured species and has long tentacles. 1978 J. Metcalf in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 209 Scattered above and below the seaweed were the shells, limpet, mussel, periwinkle, whelk and cockle, painted top and piddock. < as lemmas |
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