devil's fingers

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A starfish, especially Asterias rubens. archaic,plural,plural-normally,rare
    — In Ireland, and elsewhere, there exists a common species of starfish known as the “devil’s hands,” or the “devil’s fingers,” and children have a superstitious dread of touching them.
  2. The gills of various species of crabs. US,informal,plural,plural-normally
    — I removed the underside of the crab called its apron. I opened it up and removed the gills or “devil’s fingers.” And I removed its eyes and mouth.
  3. A fungus, Clathrus archeri, featuring pink or white 'arms' erupting from a white ball-like body, with a putrid odor. plural,plural-normally
    — In North America, and increasingly in gardens in southern England, the bizarre Devil’s Fingers, Clathrus archeri, is enlivening our autumns. The first sign of it is usually a horrible stink like rotten meat. A little poking around in the shrubbery should reveal its science fiction-like body, resembling slimy scarlet tentacles emerging from a half-buried egg.
  4. plural of devil's finger (“cephalopod of the order Belemnitida”) form-of,plural,plural-normally

词形变化

devil's finger singular
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