海蝎子

海蠍子

hǎixiēzi

noun

Measure Word

一只海蝎子 zhī

Meanings

1 sea scorpion
2 eurypterid (extinct aquatic arthropod)

Characters

Examples

海蝎子早在四亿年前就存在了。

Hǎixiēzi zǎo zài sì yì nián qián jiù cúnzài le.

Sea scorpions existed as far back as 400 million years ago.

最大的海蝎子比成年人还要长。

Zuì dà de hǎixiēzi bǐ chéngniánrén hái yào cháng.

The largest sea scorpions were longer than an adult human.

Tips

culture

Eurypterids were apex predators of Paleozoic seas and went extinct in the Permian-Triassic event. Jaekelopterus reached 2.5 m — among the largest arthropods that ever lived.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

蝎 xiē

子 zǐ