单词 | leaf-footed |
释义 | > as lemmasleaf-footed leaf-footed adj. Zoology having leaf-like feet; esp. (formerly) designating branchiopod crustacea of the subclass Phyllopoda, and designating hemipteran bugs of the genus Leptoglossus and related genera (family Coreidae). ΚΠ 1847 H. McMurtrie Lexicon Scientiarum 184 Leaf-footed. A term applied to a Tribe of Crustacea (Phyllopoda), from their feet being flattened or leaf-like. 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 633 The Phyllopoda, or Leaf-footed Entomostraca. 1971 C. Johansen in R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) xv. 443 Coreidae. The leaffooted bug is not host specific but is especially common on blueberries in the Southeast. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 158 Leaf footed bugs..are known to provide food for ants in return for protection from predators. < as lemmas |
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