| 单词 | economic entomology |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseconomic entomology economic entomology n. the study of insects with regard to their impact on human economy, chiefly in relation to agriculture. ΚΠ 1852 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 5 6 Economic entomology has been enriched by the discovery by Miss Morris, of a new destroyer of the peach tree. 1883 Manch. Guardian 26 May 8/7 Mr. S. L. Mosley, the recorder of economic entomology for Yorkshire. 1931 Wilson Bull. 43 29 There is hardly anything more characteristic of publications on economic entomology than the remark, after detailing the activities of predators, parasites, and diseases, that none of these can be depended upon for controlling the pests. 2013 W. R. Leach Butterfly People i. 41 His attraction to their beauty kept him there. He would never write a thing on economic entomology. < as lemmas |
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