单词 | cheese-skipper |
释义 | > as lemmascheese-skipper cheese-skipper n. the larva of the cheese fly, Piophila casei, which leaps into the air when disturbed; (also) the adult cheese fly.The larva is used in the production of certain Sardinian and Corsican cheeses. It can cause myiasis when ingested with infested food. ΚΠ 1808 Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. 1 133 The smallest size [of worms infesting the heads of sheep] which I have observed, is less than a cheese skipper, about one inch up the nose. 1947 M. T. James Flies that cause Myiasis in Man (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 158 The Cheese Skipper. Recognition Characters.—Adult: This is a black fly 2.5-4 mm. in length. 2005 G. Blunt Blackfly Season xxvi.162 Cheese skippers even spring off a corpse and land maybe a couple of feet away. < as lemmas |
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