搜尋結果
dentalium
- IPA[dɛnˈteɪlɪəm]
英式
- another term for tusk shell;tusk shells used as currency, especially by some North American Indian peoples
noun: dentalium, plural noun: dentalia
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. another term for tusk shell
- ▪ tusk shells used as currency, especially by some North American Indian peoples he gave them handfuls of dentalia, for which his father-in-law and his brothers-in-law gave him valuable furs a white mare purchased with dentalium