| 单词 | guest-fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasguest-fly guest-fly n. (also guest-gall-fly) (see inquiline n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Parasitica > superfamily Cynipoidea > member of family Cynipidae gall-wasp1879 guest-fly1879 1879 F. H. Butler in Encycl. Brit. X. 46/1 Besides the larva of the gall-maker, or the householder, galls usually contain inquilines or lodgers, the larvæ of what are termed guest-flies or cuckoo-flies. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. II. 510 There are several genera of gall-flies which..are known as guest gall-flies or inquilines. guest-fly 5. A parasite animal or vegetable. Also guest-fly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > vermin > parasite entozoon1831 epizoon1836 guest1864 wog1925 1864 T. S. Cobbold Entozoa v. 232 In the case of the adult worm, the happiest cures are readily affected by the expulsion of the ‘guest’, but as regards the larvæ the case is very different. 1887 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 29 Sept. 913/1 When the fungus dies, the invaded and malformed part also generally dies, and the plant is further injured by contact of the healthy tissue with the decaying tissue and all its eventual guests and products. < as lemmas |
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