| 单词 | death's head moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath's head moth death's head moth n. (also death's head hawkmoth) [after French papillon à tête de mort (1734 or earlier), with allusion to the skull-like markings on the thorax of the moth] a very large hawkmoth of Europe and Africa, Acherontia atropos, which has a marking on the back of the thorax somewhat resembling a skull, and is also noted for its ability to make a loud squeaking sound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > acherontia atropos (death's-head moth) death's head moth1778 death moth1820 1778 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 468/2 Though the sphinx atropos, la tête du mort, or death's-head moth, be a rare insect, it is found in many parts of the world. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvii. 516 The bees..protected themselves against the attacks of the death's-head moth..by so closing the entrance of the hive. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 50 The Death's head hawk-moth caterpillar feeds on the potato. 1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 28 Another queer creature is the death's-head moth. Upon its back is the outline of a human skull. 1992 N.Y. Times 23 June c1/3 (caption) Caterpillars of the Old World death's-head hawk moth, named for the skull patterns on the adults' backs, feed on potato plant leaves. < as lemmas |
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