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lapillus

/luh-pil-uhs/US // ləˈpɪl əs //UK // (ləˈpɪləs) //

扇贝,扇贝类,扇形物,扇贝类动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural la·pil·li [luh-pil-ahy]. /ləˈpɪl aɪ/.

    • : a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.

Examples

  • The Purpura lapillus and Littorina litorea and rudis (periwinkles), so plentiful on this coast, are present.

  • Has Ottaiano then been destroyed only by the fall of lapillus and stones?

  • Like its relative, P. lapillus of Northern waters, this species is so variable as almost to defy description.

  • Our automobile is now going slower, it cracks between two deep sinks of ashes and lapillus.

  • They have defied and conquered the lava, and lapillus, going always ahead there where duty called them.