| 单词 | gourd-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgourd-worm gourd-worm n. a name for the fluke (see fluke n.1 2), and for the segments of the tapeworm, from the resemblance to the seeds of the gourd (cf. cucurbitin n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Trematodes > member of fluke1668 plaicea1722 gourd-worm1756 weevil1789 trematode1859 bloodworm1872 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > member of > segmented > segments of gourd-worm1756 proglottis1855 cucurbitin1861 proglottid1878 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 382 The Gourd-Worm with a dark-brown head. 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) II. 216 The separate joints are called gourd-worms. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 309 In two patients..there was room for suspecting, that the gourd-worm had induced epileptic fits. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 554 It bears some resemblance to the seed of the common gourd, and, hence, is often called the gourd-worm. < as lemmas |
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