pandora
/pænˈdɔːrə/(亦作Pandora shell或Pandora's box shell)
noun
1- a burrowing bivalve mollusc with a fragile shell, the unequal valves of which form a 'box' with a lid帮斗蛤。
1.1
- Genus Pandora, family Pandoridae.帮斗蛤属, 帮斗蛤科。
词源
modern Latin, from Greek pandoura 'three-stringed lute' (because of the shell's resemblance to the soundbox of a stringed instrument).