释义 |
slug-worm [f. slug a. or n.1 4.] One or other of the slug-like and slimy larvae of certain saw-flies (esp. those formerly classed in the genus Selandria).
1799W. D. Peck (title), Natural History of the Slug Worm. 1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. vi. (1818) I. 198 In North America a second species nearly related to it, known there by the name of the slug-worm, has become prevalent. 1890E. A. Ormerod Injurious Insects (ed. 2) 324 The Slug⁓worms feed on the upper surface of the leaves of the Pear and Cherry. attrib.1862T. W. Harris Insects Inj. Veget. 525 The slug-worm saw-fly. |