英语词汇“screw snail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Designating molluscs with elongated spiral shells, and the shells of such molluscs, as screw-shell n., screw snail n., †screw-turbo n., etc.

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1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 212 There is a Sort of Water-Snails at the Cape, which the Europeans there call Screw-Snails.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Turbo, the Screw-Shell... 5. The screw-Turbo, with variegated lines and spots.

1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 95 Murex Gyrinus. Screw Rock-shell.

1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 216 Turbo Terebra. Screw Turban.

1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 339 The family of Turret or Screw shells (Turritellidæ).

1901 E. Step Shell Life xiv. 239 The only example we have of the Screw-shells (Turritella) is the one to which Pennant gave the name of the Auger (T. communis), on account of its resemblance to that boring implement.

1997 J. Coe House of Sleep (1998) ix. 157 She reserved her augers and screw-shells for the castle towers, where they served as delicate flagpoles.

2005 Ecol. Applic. 15 2075/1 The screw snail (Melanoides tuberculata) is native to tropical Africa, Asia, and parts of Oceania.

单词	screw snail
释义	> as lemmas screw snail b. Designating molluscs with elongated spiral shells, and the shells of such molluscs, as screw-shell n., screw snail n., †screw-turbo n., etc. ΚΠ 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 212 There is a Sort of Water-Snails at the Cape, which the Europeans there call Screw-Snails. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Turbo, the Screw-Shell... 5. The screw-Turbo, with variegated lines and spots. 1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 95 Murex Gyrinus. Screw Rock-shell. 1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 216 Turbo Terebra. Screw Turban. 1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 339 The family of Turret or Screw shells (Turritellidæ). 1901 E. Step Shell Life xiv. 239 The only example we have of the Screw-shells (Turritella) is the one to which Pennant gave the name of the Auger (T. communis), on account of its resemblance to that boring implement. 1997 J. Coe House of Sleep (1998) ix. 157 She reserved her augers and screw-shells for the castle towers, where they served as delicate flagpoles. 2005 Ecol. Applic. 15 2075/1 The screw snail (Melanoides tuberculata) is native to tropical Africa, Asia, and parts of Oceania. extracted from screwn.¹ < as lemmas
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