| 单词 | poached egg shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoached egg shell 2. Any of several gastropod molluscs of the genus Ovula (family Ovulidae), having a smooth, oval, white shell with a narrow rim. Also poached egg shell. Cf. Ovula n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of genus Ovulum poached egg1776 china-shell1886 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 177 The Poached Egg, and some others, are esteemed rare and curious shells. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 257/1 Ovulum, (..commonly called Poached Eggs). 1901 E. Step Shell Life xiv. 244 The Poached Egg (Ovula patula) has a mouth that is much longer than the shell proper, and it appears to be all body-whorl. 1977 N. F. McMillan Observer's Bk. Seashells Brit. Isles 66 Poached-egg shell Simnia patula (Pennant). < as lemmas |
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