单词 | resilium |
释义 | resilium/rɪˈzɪlɪəm/Zoology noun In a bivalve mollusc: the resilient central part of the shell hinge, which tends to force apart the two valves and is composed chiefly of fibrous conchiolin.
OriginLate 19th century; earliest use found in William Healey Dall (1845–1927), natural historian, paleontologist, and malacologist. From either resili- or classical Latin resilīre to jump back, recoil + -um, after Latin nouns ending in -um. |
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