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ruby-tail [ruby a.] a. attrib. = next. b. (See quots. and next.)
1837Penny Cycl. VII. 136/2 The Chrysididæ are most of them, if not all, of parasitic habits... Some of these species are called ruby-tail flies. 1863J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. III. 497 The beautiful Ruby-tail Flies, or Cuckoo Flies, so plentiful in summer about old walls and similar localities. 1881Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 384 This insect, the Common Gold Wasp, or Ruby-tail,..is of a deep metallic bluish green colour, except the upper surface of the abdomen, which is bright red. |