单词 | lampyrine |
释义 | lampyrineadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Lampyrinæ or fire-flies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > belonging to the Lampyridae lampyrine1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 635/1 The females of some of the Lampyrine tribe are apterous..and are luminous. All the Lampyrines, when seized, press their feet and antennæ against their body, and remain as motionless as if they were dead. B. n. One of the Lampyrinæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly) fireworm1567 firefly1655 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 lampyrine1842 lightning beetle1854 Photuris1858 meadow-fly1867 lampyrid1895 peeny-wally1961 1842 [see sense A.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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