单词 | imparasite |
释义 | † imparasiten. Zoology. Obsolete. An animal that is not a parasite; applied by Kirby and Spence to certain insects. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ix. 254 Those which are insectivorous only in their larva state, may be..divided into parasites and imparasites, meaning by..the latter, those that prey upon insects already dead, or that kill them in the act of devouring them. Derivatives imparaˈsitic adj. ΚΠ 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ix. 254 The imparasitic insect devourers chiefly belong to the Hymenoptera. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1815 |
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