| 单词 | river sponge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver sponge river sponge n. a freshwater sponge, spec. Ephydatia fluviatilis. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. i. sig. Aiv/1 Of Calla, Cerceia, Cirsium and Crataegonum, Thelygonum, Crocodilium, Dogs stone, Chrysolachanum, Cucubalum, and Conferva or the river Spunge. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) 9. The branched river-spunge. 10. The hairy spunge. 11. The sail spunge [etc.] 1848 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 8 23 Mr. Hogg, in his investigation on the action of light as affecting the colour of the river sponge, Spongilla fluviatilis, has advanced good arguments in favour of its being a plant. 1971 D. Nichols Oxf. Bk. Invertebr. 6/2 Ephydatia (River Sponge) is generally less green than the Pond Sponge, and seldom has such long projections. < as lemmas |
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