单词 | mexican orange maggot |
释义 | > as lemmasMexican orange maggot orange maggot n. a fruit-fly larva that infests oranges, spec. (more fully Mexican orange maggot) that of Trypeta ludens (family Tephritidae). ΚΠ 1903 N.E.D. at Orange Orange-maggot, the larva of the orange-fly. 1915 V. L. Kellogg & R. W. Doane Elem. Textbk. Econ. Zool. & Entomol. xxxiii. 461 The Mexican Orange Maggot (Trypeta ludens).—This insect has not yet established itself in the United States. 2000 Countryside & Small Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Mar. 59 Florida is already on the lookout for the West Indian fruit fly, the Mexican orange maggot and the avocado weevil. < as lemmas |
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