| 单词 | pharaoh's beans |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPharaoh's beans Pharaoh's beans n. [compare slightly earlier Pharaoh's pence n.] now rare nummulites, occurring in the stones of the pyramids and other Egyptian monuments. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sarcodina > order Rhizopoda > [noun] > suborder Foraminifera > member of > genus Nummulite > nummulites found in rock of pyramids Pharaoh's beansa1856 Pharaoh's pence1872 a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) 421 The stones of the pyramids are charged with nummulites, known to the Arabs as ‘Pharaoh's beans’; and these organisms stand out in high relief on the weathered portions of the Great Sphinx. 1884 Leisure Hour 236/1 Those round discs..known as Nummulites, and which Strabo was informed were petrified beans—‘Pharaoh's beans’. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xlviii. 284 The nummulites, so common as fossils in some parts of Egypt, are called Pharaoh's beans but that is just a little joke. < as lemmas |
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