| 单词 | apple bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple bug apple bug n. U.S. a whirligig beetle (family Gyrinidae), which when handled exudes a milky liquid having an odour of apples. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Hydradephaga (aquatic) > member of family Gyrinidae (whirligig) > apple-bug apple bug1832 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xii. 129 The apple-bugs (as school-boys call that glossy black insect which frequents the summer pools, and is distinguished for the perfume of the apple) danced in busy myriads over the surface of the still water. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xv. 331 When handled they exude a milky fluid, with a distinctive odor like that of overripe apples; whence they are often called ‘apple bugs’. 1982 Ecology 63 551 (table) When squeezed, beetle releases an off-white..viscous fluid from paired pygidial glands. Secretion smells of ripe fruit, causing beetle to be termed ‘apple bug’ by local residents. < as lemmas |
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