外套膜

wàitàomó

noun

Meanings

1 mantle (of a mollusk)
2 pallium

Characters

Examples

软体动物的外套膜能分泌贝壳。

Ruǎntǐ dòngwù de wàitàomó néng fēnmì bèiké.

The mantle of a mollusk secretes the shell.

珍珠是由牡蛎的外套膜形成的。

Zhēnzhū shì yóu mǔlì de wàitàomó xíngchéng de.

Pearls are formed by the mantle of oysters.

Tips

memory

外套 literally means "outer coat, overcoat" — so 外套膜 is the mollusk's "coat membrane": the soft tissue layer that wraps the body and, in shelled species, lays down the shell from its outer edge.

Stroke Order

外 wài

套 tào

膜 mó