| 单词 | oak-web |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoak-web oak-web n. English regional (south-western) a cockchafer. [The second element apparently shows the reflex of Old English wibba beetle (see weevil n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > member of (cockchafer) chaferc1000 kafer1599 cockchafer1668 miller1668 May-bug1688 May-beetle1720 oak-web1720 humbuzz1756 May-chafer1766 dor-beetle1774 locust1790 fern-web1796 melolonthian1841 lamellicorn1842 furze-owl1847 rose beetle1856 melolonthid1928 billywitch1933 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects 60 In the middle of May came forth a brown Beetle called the Chafer, Oak Web, or May Beetle. 1771 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 351 This county [sc. Devon] was so infested with cock chaffers or oakwebs, that in many parishes they eat every green thing, but elder. 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire 61 Oak-web.., the cockchafer. < as lemmas |
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