单词 | honey tube |
释义 | > as lemmashoney tube honey tube n. (a) Botany a nectar spur or corolla tube (rare); (b) Entomology each of a pair of erect dorsal tubules at the rear of the abdomen of an aphid, which secrete a waxy liquid as a defence against predators; cf. cornicle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis > abdominal tube secreting fluid siphonet1826 siphuncle1826 honey tube1841 nectary1890 siphunculus1939 1806 J. Evans Bees I. 37 The several common species of Orchis, with their variegated purple spikes, spur-shaped honey-tubes, and glossy, spotted leaves. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants Honey-tube the length of calyx. 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 190 Plant-lice differ very much in form, color, clothing, and in the length of the honey-tubes. 1920 F. C. Pellet Amer. Honey Plants 171 Beekeepers know that her tongue is a little too short for the honey tube of the red clover flower. 1941 R. Headstrom Adventures with Microscope liv. 210 At one time it was believed that this fluid was furnished by the so-called honey-tubes, located on the back of the abdomen. 2004 B. V. David & T. N. Ananthakrishnan Gen. & Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) ii. lvii. 417 The characteristic feature of an aphid is its pear shaped structure..and a pair of cornicles or ‘honey tubes’ at the posterior end of the abdomen. < as lemmas |
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