| 单词 | leaf worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaf worm leaf worm n. [Compare early modern German loupwurm (15th cent.)] a caterpillar or other larva that feeds on leaves; (in recent use also) the red earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, which feeds on decomposing leaves and other organic material.In early use translating Latin aerugo aerugo n. in its post-classical sense with reference to plants, which was often confused with eruca eruca n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > that eats or destroys plants leaf wormOE wortworma1382 cole-worm1468 cole-wort worm1552 devil's gold ring1552 canker-blossom1600 peach-worm1814 knife-worm1860 hop-dog1872 nettle grub1890 OE Stowe Psalter lxxvii. 46 Et dedit erugini fructus eorum et labores eorum locustę : & he sealde leafwyrme [OE Cambridge Psalter treowyrme uel emele] wæstm heora & geswinc heora gærstapan. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxvii. 51 (MED) He ȝaf her frute to þe lef-worme [L. ærugini], and her trauails to þe grashope. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. ij The water docke leyf worme and the hornet worme. 1828 Amer. Farmer 11 Jan. 338/3 The leaf worm; green, large and ravenous; he can eat up nearly a whole full grown leaf in a day. 1971 R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) xii. 347 Notorious defoliators include the cotton leafworm,..cabbage looper, and cotton leaf perforator. 2007 New Scientist 3 Mar. 43/2 The leaf worm, Lumbricus rubellus, which is partial to leaf fragments, can chew the stuffing out of the duff mattress in a single season. < as lemmas |
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