单词 | cucumber-beetle |
释义 | > as lemmascucumber-beetle cucumber-beetle n. U.S. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Chrysomelidae > cucumber beetle cucumber-beetle1841 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 101 These striped cucumber-beetles..notorious..for their attacks upon the leaves of the cucumber and squash. 1865 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1861–4 5 435 The various remedies adopted to check the ravages of the cucumber beetle, would be appropriate. 1948 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 2 July 4/4 A powerful insecticide that will kill such stubborn pests as Cucumber Beetles. < as lemmas |
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