| 单词 | horse-stinger |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorse-stinger horse-stinger n. (a popular name for) the Dragon-fly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly) adderbolt1483 dragonfly1626 bolt-head1668 libella1694 devil's needle1745 mayfly1747 horse-stinger1773 devil's darning-needle1809 demoiselle1835 adder1876 odonate1890 odonatan1944 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 207 Large insects, about the size of a horse~stinger. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 468/1 Dragon-fly... In many parts of England are termed ‘horse-stingers’. It is almost needless to say that (excepting to other insects..) they are perfectly innocuous. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 134 Flies, mosquitos, beetles, March flies, blowflies, and horsestingers. < as lemmas |
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