单词 | herald-moth |
释义 | > as lemmasherald-moth herald-moth n. see sense 4. herald-moth 4. (In full, herald-moth). Name of one of the noctuid moths, Gonoptera libatrix. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > gonoptera libatrix herald1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 82 The Herald..appears in April and end of July. 1843 Duncan in Nat. Libr. XL. 231 The Herald-moth..is..found plentifully in October, whence Aurelians have called it the Herald, from an idea that its appearance gave indication of the approach of winter. < as lemmas |
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