单词 | agate shell |
释义 | > as lemmasagate shell agate shell n. the shell of an agate snail; (also) the animal itself. ΚΠ 1831 W. Turton Man. Land & Fresh-water Shells Index Eng. Names 10 Achatína. Agate-shell. So named from the Agate-like stripes which ornament all the foreign species. 1911 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 43 211 Kauai..is also celebrated for its agate shells of which there are over 200 species with 800 or 1,000 varieties. 2002 A. C. Ziegler Hawaiian Nat. Hist., Ecol., & Evol. xviii. 229 The varied shell colors of most Achatinella..has given rise to the alternative common name of little agate shells. < as lemmas |
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