| 单词 | maori bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMaori bug Maori bug n. New Zealand a large, black wingless cockroach, Platyzosteria novaeseelandiae, which emits an unpleasant smell when disturbed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > miscellaneous types > platyzosteria novae-zelandiae (Maori bug) Maori bug1873 1873 J. E. Tinne Wonderland of Antipodes 52 Fleas, Maori bugs, sand-flies and mosquitoes were bad enough. 1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. x. 91 The common ‘Maori Bug’ of New Zealand is Platyzosteria novae-seelandiae Brunn., a black evil-smelling insect. 1959 Numbers 9 8 We..shook Maori bugs out of the blankets. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 269/1 Bug, Maori (Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae). Maori bug is the commonly accepted name for the largest endemic cockroach of New Zealand... This species is capable of liberating a characteristic, unpleasant odour when disturbed. 1993 K. Sinclair Halfway round Harbour 68 I used to lie on my bunk watching hundreds of black beetles—‘maori bugs’—crawling above my head. < as lemmas |
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