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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
  1. 1

    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.