| 单词 | lesser water boatman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslesser water boatman water boatman n. any of various heteropteran water bugs with long, oarlike hind legs, belonging either to the herbivorous family Corixidae (more fully lesser water boatman), or to the predatory family Notonectidae (more fully greater water boatman; also called backswimmer). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Notonectidae > member of Notonecta1658 boatfly1681 water boatman1815 boatman1841 back-swimmer1862 notonectid1908 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Corixidae > member of water boatman1815 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 111 The water boatman, (Notonecta glauca, L.,)..which always swims upon its back, made me suffer still more severely..by the insertion of its rostrum. 1917 Science 6 Apr. 336/2 Among the bugs that live in the water, none are more common than the back-swimmers, or Notonectids, and the water boatmen, or Corixids. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) viii. 146 Family Corixidae. The Lesser Waterboatmen. This family is represented by five genera, in Britain. 2013 H. F. Van Emden Handbk. Agric. Entomol. vii. 68 The Notonectidae (greater water boatmen) swim upside down and often spend much time hanging under the water surface. < as lemmas |
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