the larva of any of various beetles, esp. chafer beetles, spec. when used as a fishing bait or regarded as a pest of grasses; also with unchanged…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > larva of cockchafer (8) white grub1496 the larva of any of various beetles, esp. chafer beetles, spec. when used as a fishing bait or regarded as a pest of grasses; also with unchanged… whitebait1681 The larva of any of various chafer beetles, used as bait in angling; = white grub n. at white, adj. n.compounds 1g(a)(ii). Obsolete. ton1693 The larva of the cockchafer, which lives underground and feeds on the roots of plants. turk1712 The larva of an insect (perhaps of the fruit-bark beetle, Scolytus rugulosus) dreaded for the destruction it does to pear-trees by mining under the… rook worma1722 the subterranean larva of the cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha, which is frequently eaten by rooks. white worm1724 = white grub n. earth-lard1801 the white subterranean larva of the cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha. grass grub1854 any of various larvae that feed on grass and are typically considered agricultural pests; esp. the larva of a chafer beetle native to New Zealand, C… |
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