单词 | fulgorid |
释义 | fulgoridn.adj. Entomology. A. n. A true bug of the hemipterous family Fulgoridae, which comprises many brightly coloured tropical forms that include the lantern flies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Fulgoridae lantern-fly1753 lantern bug1774 fulgorid1878 1878 Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. 4 772 I have before me a number of specimens..of a large Fulgorid. 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. viii. 576 The wax of Fulgorids is used by the Chinese for candles. 1923 H. Maxwell-Lefroy Man. Entomol. 259 Some Fulgorids are quite small, others are very large: the Lantern-flies are included in this family. 1954 D. J. Borror & D. M. DeLong Introd. Study Insects xx. 260 None of the fulgorids is known to be luminescent. 2005 Florida Entomologist 88 470/1 The hindwings of fulgorids have a characteristic reticulate venation in the anal region. B. adj. Of or relating to the family Fulgoridae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > relating to or characteristic of Hemiptera > belonging to or having characteristic of Homoptera > belonging to family Fulgoridae fulgorid1900 1900 Entomologist 33 336 Tettigometra itself,..has, however, preserved the most characteristically Fulgorid trait. 1913 Zoologist 17 289 With approach of cold weather all signs of the Fulgorid parasites disappeared. 1984 Ambio 13 221/2 Jacobson's 1908 collection comprised largely grassland animals such as ants, spiders, flies, and fulgorid bugs. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 246 Large fulgorid bugs are the preferred hosts, but some cicadellids and cicadas have been known to serve as hosts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1878 |
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