单词 | cow-lady |
释义 | cow-ladyn. 1. A common provincial name of the coleopterous insects of the genus Coccinella; also called Lady-cow, and (more usually) Lady-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Coccinellidae > member of (lady-bird) ladycow1583 golden knop1592 cow-lady1656 ladybird1673 lady-clock1682 lady fly1714 ladybeetle1766 ladybug1787 bishy barnabee1789 coccinella1815 soldier1848 Judycow1855 bishop1875 coccinellid1887 1656 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ A paire of buskins they did bring Of the cow-ladyes corall wing; Powder'd o're with spots of jet. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 30 The Cow-Lady, or spotted Scarabee. 1746 Brit. Mag. 97 Our common Cow-Lady or Lady-Bird, as usually called. 1877 Stamford Mercury 24 Aug. A bluish black beetle about the size of a cow-lady has made its appearance. 2. A fly used by anglers; also an artificial fly of similar appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 325 The next is a Cow-lady, a little fly. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 162 Flies proper for every Month..For May..the Peacock-fly, the Cow-lady, the Cow-turd fly. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 290 The cow-lady, a small fly: the wings of a red feather, or stripes of a red hackle of a cock: the body of a peacock's feather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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