单词 | ear-shell |
释义 | ear-shell (once / 1477414 pages) n WORD FAMILY ear-shell USAGE EXAMPLESThe Haliotidæ offer in the representative genus Haliotis, or the "Ear-shell," another familiar mantelpiece ornament. Gray, Peter, Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils(2011) This shell is a large single valve, shaped a little like the ear of some large animal, and hence sometimes called “ear-shell.” Starr, Frederick, American Indians(2011) n any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior Syn|Hypo|Hyper abalone Haliotis tuberculata, ormer, sea-ear an abalone found near the Channel Islands gastropod, univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
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