| 单词 | garden carpet moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgarden carpet moth 1. More fully garden carpet moth. A geometrid moth often found in gardens and allotments, Xanthorhoe fluctuata, having greyish-white wings with a variable pattern of darker markings on the forewing, and caterpillars which feed on brassicas, nasturtiums, and related plants. Cf. carpet n. 4, carpet-moth n. at carpet n. Compounds 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > carpet > types of panther1775 garden carpet1809 chalk carpet1832 wall-carpet1832 ringed carpet1839 red carpet1890 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 333 The garden Carpet. 1847 L. Jenyns Observ. Nat. Hist. 387 (table) Garden Carpet-Moth (Cidaria fluctuata). 1908 R. South Moths Brit. Isles II. 195 (caption) Garden Carpet at rest. 1958 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths (new ed.) II. 97 For pupation, this species [sc. the Galium Carpet] pursues the same technique as the Garden Carpet Moth. 2013 D. Newland et al. Britain's Day-flying Moths 79 The Garden Carpet is often confused with Galium Carpet. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。