淮南虫

淮南蟲

huáinánchóng

noun

Meanings

1 Huainanvermis (Precambrian fossil organism from Anhui, China)

Characters

Huai River (part of place name 淮南)

insect; worm; creature

Examples

HSK 6

淮南虫的发现对研究早期多细胞生物有重要意义。

Huáinánchóng de fāxiàn duì yánjiū zǎoqī duō xìbāo shēngwù yǒu zhòngyào yìyì.

The discovery of Huainanvermis is significant for studying early multicellular life.

HSK 7-9

淮南虫是中国发现的前寒武纪化石。

Huáinánchóng shì Zhōngguó fāxiàn de Qián hán wǔ jì huàshí.

Huainanvermis is a Precambrian fossil discovered in China.

Tips

culture

Named after Huainan (淮南) in Anhui where it was discovered in the 1970s in Ediacaran-age strata (~600 million years old). It is one of the oldest known putative metazoan fossils in China.

Stroke Order

淮 huái

南 nán

虫 chóng