| 单词 | heart and dart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart and dart heart and dart n. (also more fully heart and dart moth) a common European noctuid moth, Agrotis exclamationis, with distinctively shaped dark markings on the forewings, the larvae of which (cutworms) are sometimes a pest of cultivated plants. ΚΠ 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 219 N[octua]. (The Heart and Dart) alis anticis fuscis vel rufescentibus. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 133 The heart and dart moth is found plentifully in June, in fields, gardens, &c. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2056/2 Surface Caterpillars or Cutworms... The adult Turnip and Heart and Dart Moths somewhat resemble each other. 2011 Carmarthen Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 July 34 There are, she says, a lot of emperor moths about this year..and the only one down in quantity is the delightfully named Heart and Dart. < as lemmas |
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