| 单词 | dark arches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdark arches dark arches n. (more fully dark arches moth) a noctuid moth, spec. the common Eurasian species Apamea monoglypha, which is pale to dark brown with darker markings.Cf. arch n.1 7. ΚΠ 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 186 N[octua]. (The dark Arches) cristata alis deflexis dentatis variegatis. 1894 Naturalists' Mag. May 157 The dark arches moth is by no means constant to any decided pattern of marking. 1921 Conquest Sept. 496/2 The Dark Arches (Xylophasia monoglypha). 1958 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths (ed. 2) I. 255 The Dark Arches, sub-family Agrotinae, Apamea monoglypha, occurring in all parts of the British Isles... It is very variable in its general colouring. 2012 @CountrysideKev 11 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Aldridge Airport moths: less than y'day 36 Small Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 3 Lge Y U'wing, 4 Dunbar, 2 Dark Arches & 1 Marbled Beauty. < as lemmas |
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