ephippium
/ih-fip-ee-uhm/US // ɪˈfɪp i əm //
羊角风,岩石,羊角风病,海螺
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural e·phip·pi·a [ih-fip-ee-uh]. /ɪˈfɪp i ə/. Zoology.
- : a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.
Examples
One species (A. ephippium), known as the Saddle Oyster, is common on some parts of our coast.
Indeed its relationship to the Siamese species is much closer than to the R. ephippium of Borneo.
It is in no way closely related to the large Bornean R. ephippium.
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