单词 | pond mussel |
释义 | > as lemmaspond mussel pond mussel n. any of various bivalve molluscs found in ponds; esp. the swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea. ΚΠ 1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. ii. 165 Mons. Mery, in his anatomy of the pond-mussel. 1859 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 4) 68 The Common Pond-Mussel (Anodon Cygneus). 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes x. 89 The Bitterling..introduces her eggs into the mantle cavity of the Pond Mussel by means of an ovipositor and there the young hatch and develop. 1993 Connecticut Wildlife July–Aug. 10/1 Of these four mussels—brook floater, eastern pearlshell, yellow lampmussel and eastern pond mussel—the last two are considered extirpated. < as lemmas |
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