sand dollar
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5.6
- noun
- /sænd ˈdɑːlər/
:
dólar de arena
- It allowed the sand dollars to feed in the nutrient-rich layer at the sediment-water interface while remaining buried.
- found many sand dollars
In fact, what I most enjoyed about her accumulation of bird figurines and ceramics and sand dollars from Texas beaches was her enjoyment of these things.
- In fact, what I most enjoyed about her accumulation of bird figurines and ceramics and sand dollars from Texas beaches was her enjoyment of these things.
- He said. Well, Grandma said turn. These sand dollars are living organisms. If I don't throw them out to sea, they will die in the hot sun,
- He said. Well, Grandma said turn these sand dollars or live in organisms. If I don't throw them out to sea, they will die in the hot sun,
Examples
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He said. Well, Grandma said turn. These sand dollars are living organisms. If I don't throw them out to sea, they will die in the hot sun,
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While strolling along the beach, I stumbled upon several beautiful sand dollars buried in the wet sand.
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And how do we account for the peculiar shape of the sand dollars?
Academic text (1992) -
The last major group of urchins to evolve, the highly successful sand dollars, appeared little more than 50 million years ago.
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All sand dollars probably evolved from the tiny fibulariids, whose flat shape has proved successful for a number of reasons.
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A sand dollar, far right, uses hundreds of tiny spines to cover itself with sand and slip below the surface.
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The earliest sand dollars were tiny animals known as fibulariids, which can be found today lurking between sand grains.
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In fact, what I most enjoyed about her accumulation of bird figurines and ceramics and sand dollars from Texas beaches was her enjoyment of these things.
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The children were excitedly collecting sand dollars as they played near the shoreline.
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After a day of searching, we found a rare, intact sand dollar that had been washed up on the beach.
Synonyms
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4.9
A small sea animal with a round spiny shell on the ocean floor
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4.2
A small round sea animal with sharp spines that lives on rocks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'dollar' clearly signals a monetary unit, so learners who know the constituents will likely infer that this is some kind of currency. However, the modifier 'sand' does not convey that this is a central-bank digital currency or legal-tender status (and the term functions as a proper name), so the specific CBDC meaning cannot be fully derived from the parts.
Etymology
Sand dollar gets its name from its flat, round shell that looks like a coin on the sand. People imagined a little silver dollar, so the name came to mean this round sea urchin shell.