单词 | eruca |
释义 | erucan. rare. The larva of a butterfly or such like insect; a caterpillar. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva malshaveOE eruke1382 Bruchusa1398 mallyshaga1398 hockc1420 caterpillarc1440 eruca1692 slug1868 fetch-after1888 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Joel i. 4 comm. Eruca, a worme that destroyeth herbes and fruictes.] 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 113 May be observed in the Production of Silk-worms [yea, all other Eruca's, and many Insects more]. Derivatives eruca-like adj. ΚΠ a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) iii. 22 Eruca-like they rise, As bright aurelias in the summer's shine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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