| 单词 | goat moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat moth goat moth n. a large Eurasian moth, Cossus cossus (family Cossidae), greyish white with cryptic markings, the caterpillar of which bores into wood and has a goat-like smell; (also) any of certain other moths of this family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Cossidae > cossus ligniperda (goat moth) goat moth1742 mully-grub1924 1742 F. Wilkes Bowles's New Coll. Eng. Moths & Butterflies Pl. iv The goat moth. The Caterpillar feeds on the Willow Wood, goes into Chrysalis in May, the Moth Comes forth in June. 1859 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 533 The caterpillars of the goat-moth (Cossus ligniperda). a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 334 Bag-worms..belong to three families of moths—the Tineids..; the Cossids, which includes the goat-moths; and especially the Psychids. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands x. 109 Another sizeable caterpillar, that of the goat moth, does not eat ash leaves but burrows into its trunk. 2002 Adv. Hort. Sci. 16 214/1 The same control procedures may be utilised with the Goat-moth. < as lemmas |
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