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单词 roman-lamp shell
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Roman-lamp shell
c. In the names of animals, as Roman pigeon, Roman runt; also Roman-lamp shell.See also Roman mole n., Roman snail n. at Compounds 4. [In Roman pigeon after French pigeon romain (1750 or earlier).]
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1735 J. Moore Columbarium 44 There are other Sorts of Runts, as the Roman Runt.
1870 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds (1892) vii. 426 The Roman Pigeons, thus named because they are very common in Italy, are easily recognised from the circle of red which surrounds their eyes.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Roman-Lamp Shell, name given in Tasmania to a brachiopod mollusc, Waldheimia flavescens.
1922 F. A. Hazard Profitable Pigeon Breeding xxxi. 172 One of the foremost breeders of Runts in this country claims that they have come from the Roman Runt.
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