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单词 black helmet
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black helmet
black helmet n. a Caribbean helmet shell of the genus Cassis, esp. the king helmet ( C. tuberosa) and the queen helmet ( C. madagascariensis), both used in making shell cameos.
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1846 Daily News 19 Feb. 8/2 The defendant had agreed to sell the plaintiff 22 pair of ‘Honduras black helmet shells’.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 740 The black helmet (Cassis tuberosa) of the West Indian seas.
1993 N. Penny Materials of Sculpt. (2005) i. 18 (caption) Shell cameo of a chariot... The shell is probably the Black Helmet (Cassis tuberosa).
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