| 单词 | fever fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfever fly fever fly n. a small black fly, Dilophus febrilis (family Bibionidae), the larvae of which sometimes damage the roots of plants such as hops, strawberries, and lawn grasses.The semantic motivation of the scientific name is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Bibionidae > dilophus vulgaris (fever fly) fever fly1830 1830 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 1 25 (caption) Side view of the last joint of the leg..of the fever fly (bibio febrilis). 1907 Jrnl. Board Agric. 14 219 From Slough the Board received specimens of the pupæ of the so-called Fever Fly, Dilophus febrilis. 2007 D. V. Alford Pests Fruit Crops v. 177/1 Fever flies (6mm long) are characterized by a circlet of spurs on each front tibia. < as lemmas |
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