| 单词 | snail-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnail-stone snail-stone n. (see quots. 1611, 1797). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > member of > parts of > stone found in head snail-stone1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pierre de Limaçon, the Snaile stone; found in the heads of some (dew) Snailes; tis white, somewhat transparent, and rugged. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. i. 262 Divers others Snail-Stones; some of them of a Limy substance, others perfect Flint. 1700 E. Lhuyd Let. 12 Mar. in H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata (1723) ii. 338 Besides the Snake-Stones,..the Highlanders have their Snail-Stones, Paddoc-Stones..to all which they attribute their several Virtues. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 76/2 It is in its [sc. the slug's] head and back that the snail-stone is found; which is a small pearled and sandy stone, of the nature of lime stones. < as lemmas |
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