| 单词 | night-butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-butterfly night-butterfly n. a moth (quot. 1743 refers to the luna moth, Actias luna). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > phalaena luna night-butterfly1743 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 79 Blatta, nihtbutorfleoge. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 188 The night Butterflye, that flyeth about the candell. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina (1754) II. 84 The four-eyed Night Butterfly..(Phalæna Luna). 1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 24 They would throw night-butterflies blind from the sun at the children. < as lemmas |
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