单词 | palm borer |
释义 | > as lemmaspalm borer palm borer n. a beetle whose larvae bore into the wood of palm trees, esp. Dinapate wrightii (family Bostrichidae) of California. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Palm-borer. 1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xxiii. 437 The California palm borer, Dinapate wrighti Horn, is the largest known member of the family,..endemic only in small areas where the native fan palm still grows under natural conditions. 2003 Innisfail (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 25 Jan. 15 The beetle palm borer has spread to North Queensland from Papua New Guinea and is devastating palms throughout the region. < as lemmas |
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