| 单词 | oak eggar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoak eggar oak eggar n. (also oak eggar moth) a large brown Eurasian moth, Lasiocampa quercus (family Lasiocampidae), esp. one of the subspecies L. quercus quercus, the larva of which feeds on a range of trees and shrubs (including oak); cf. egger n.3 ΚΠ 1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 11 Egger, oak. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 89 The caterpillar of that fine large insect, the Oak Egger-moth, is said to feed on the leaves of the Heath. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 3/2 An oak-egger has been seen in Hyde Park. 1993 Jrnl. Ecol. 80 588//1 Merz..cut off the spiny leaf margin from leaves of Ilex aquifolium (European holly), and showed that larvae of the oak eggar moth Lasiocampa quercus would then eat them readily. < as lemmas |
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