单词 | smooth tingle |
释义 | > as lemmassmooth tingle Any of several marine gastropod molluscs that bore into and feed on oysters (and other molluscs): the dog whelk Nucella lapillus (more fully smooth tingle), Ocenebra erinaceus (more fully rough tingle), and Urosalpinx cinerea (more fully American tingle).Also called oyster drill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > nucella lapillus whelk-tingle1849 tingle1929 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > ocenebra erinacea whelk-tingle1849 tingle1929 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > uros alpinix cinera whelk-tingle1849 tingle1929 1929 Nature 24 Aug. 298/1 There now occur in England three oyster-drills or tingles, which in the adult state bore holes through the shells of oysters. 1937 J. H. Orton Oyster Biol. & Oyster-culture 155 The English rough tingle, Ocenebra (= Murex) erinacea, is also destructive in some grounds, as is to a less extent the English smooth tingle, Purpura lapillus. 1959 New Scientist 22 Jan. 173/1 We also have a native rough tingle (Ocenebra) which was known to eat oysters long before its American relative reached this country. 1974 P. R. Walne Culture of Bivalve Molluscs vi. 125 The introduction of the American slipper limpet..and the American tingle..on to the south-east coast of England..are well-documented examples. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Jan. Marine officials have long been aware of the problem as the tingle has been destroying oyster beds for decades. < as lemmas |
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