单词 | pectuncle |
释义 | † pectuncle Obs. Anglicized form of L. pectunculus a small scallop (dim. of pecten: see pecten 4), a name formerly given to the cockles.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Pecten, The genus of pectuncles, or cockles, has been made by all authors a very extensive one. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 80/2 There are shells universally allowed to be pectens or scallops, which have no ears, and others as universally allowed to be pectuncles or cockles which have. |

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