| 单词 | saddle oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddle oyster saddle oyster n. any of various marine bivalves constituting the family Anomiidae, characterized by unequal saddle-shaped valves and a byssus; esp. Anomia ephippium of the Atlantic and Placuna sella of the West Pacific; (also) the shell of such a bivalve. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > anomia ephippium saddle oyster1761 saddle1815 saddleback1871 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Placunidae > placuna sella saddle oyster1761 1761 R. Dodsley Gen. Contents Brit. Mus. 72 The Thorny Oyster, the Prickly Oyster, the Hammer and Saddle Oysters. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 256 P[lacuna] sella, called, from its shape, the ‘saddle-oyster’, is remarkably striated. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs x. 186 The most remarkably altered of all byssus-attached bivalves are the saddle oysters, Anomiacea. 1997 J. Coe House of Sleep ix. 156 Among her more exciting discoveries was a trio of blue-rayed limpets, a pair of saddle oysters and a magnificent Pelican's Foot. < as lemmas |
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