n. 希顿古装(古希腊人贴身穿的宽大长袍);[无脊椎] 石鳖(等于sea cradle);多板纲软体动物
chitons 英语释义
英语释义
1. any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous plates
2. the basic garment of ancient Greece worn usually knee-length by men and full-length by women
chitons 例句
英汉例句
For another thing, the experiments suggest aragonite allows the chitons to see equally well in air or underwater, something that「s probably useful as tides ebb around the mollusks.
另外,实验还显示,碳酸钙眼睛允许石鳖在水中和空气中达到相同的视力,这可能有助于它们适应潮汐变化。
「Even compared to other animals with small eyes, chitons don」t see particularly well,」 Speiser said.
即便和其它有着微小眼睛的动物相比,石鳖的视力也实在不算好。
To test the chiton's vision, Speiser and his team collected Indian fuzzy chitons (Acanthopleura granulate) from the Caribbean.