An unidentified insect of the ancients, very harmful to cattle; ‘perhaps of the genus Mylabris’ (Kirby and Spence).
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > harmful to cows (4) buprestisa1398 An unidentified insect of the ancients, very harmful to cattle; ‘perhaps of the genus Mylabris’ (Kirby and Spence). long leg1585 An insect (not identified) said by early writers to be harmful to cattle; = buprestis, n. 1. Obsolete. felter1607 A kind of worm or maggot found in the skins of cattle. More fully felter-worm. burn-cow1658 transl. Greek βούπρηστις (an insect, also a herb, injurious to cattle), cf. burst-cow, n., buprestis, n. |
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