单词 | wentletrap |
释义 | wentletrap[ wen-tl-trap ] / ˈwɛn tlˌtræp / nounany of several marine gastropods of the family Epitonii (Scalariidae), having a whitish, spiraled shell. Origin of wentletrap1750–60; <Dutch wenteltrap, earlier wendeltrap spiral staircase, equivalent to wend(en) to turn + frequentative -el- (compare wentelen to revolve) + traptrap1) Words nearby wentletrapwenge, wenny, Wenonah, Wensleydale, went, wentletrap, Wentworth, Wentworth scale, wen-yen, Wenzel, Wenzhou Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for wentletrapwentletrap / (ˈwɛntəlˌtræp) / nounany marine gastropod mollusc of the family Epitoniidae, having a long pointed pale-coloured longitudinally ridged shell Word Origin for wentletrapC18: from Dutch winteltrap spiral shell, from wintel, earlier windel, from wenden to wind + trap a step, stairs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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