单词 | goat-chafer |
释义 | > as lemmasgoat-chafer ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Cerambycidae > member of genus Cerambyx (goat chafer) goat beetle1658 goat-chafer1658 capricorn beetle1700 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1006 Capricornus; the Germans call it Holtzback; the English, Goat-chafer. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 181 Goat Chaffer, Cerambyx coriarius. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 207 The silk-cotton tree worm..is..the caterpillar of a large capricorn beetle, or goat-chafer. 1911 Cent. Dict. IV. (rev. ed.) Goat-chafer, the favorite food of the goatsucker. < as lemmas |
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