| 释义 |
onisciform, a. Zool.|əʊˈnɪsɪfɔːm|
[f. L. oniscus wood-louse: see -form.]
Having the form of a wood-louse or of the genus Oniscus; applied to certain Myriapoda, and to the larvæ of certain Lepidoptera.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxx. 185 An onisciform one [larva], the legs of which..are covered with a viscid skin; this produced a Noctua. 1843Humphreys Brit. Moths I. 81 The caterpillar is onisciform, naked, and green. |