| 单词 | palmer-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalmer-worm palmer-worm n. see sense 2a. palmer-worm a. More fully palmer-worm. A small terrestrial invertebrate with many legs; a centipede or millipede, a woodlouse, a caterpillar. In later use: spec. any of various hairy moth caterpillars, such as Dichomeris ligulella (family Gelechiidae), a pest of fruit in the United States, and the brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea (family Lymantriidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > hairy woubit1483 palmer1538 bear worm1577 furry1598 tailor-fly1682 woolly boy1805 tailor1816 woolly bear1863 miller1883 woolly worm1909 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > Ypsilophus pometellus (palmer-worm) palmer-worm1538 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus lockchestera1400 sow14.. lugdora1425 louk?a1450 lockchestc1450 cheslip1530 palmer1538 chestworm1544 Robin Goodfellow's louse1552 monk's peason1558 cheslock1574 porcelet1578 swine louse1579 hog-louse1580 multiped1601 kitchen-bob1610 woodlouse1611 loop1612 millipede1612 timber-sow1626 cheeselog1657 sow-louse1658 thurse-louse1658 onisc1661 monkey pea1682 slater1684 slatter1739 sow-bug1750 Oniscus1806 pig louse1819 hob-thrush1828 land-slater1863 pig's louse1888 wall-louse1899 oniscoid1909 chucky-pig1946 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Campe, a worme which..is callyd a palmer. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Centipeda, a worme called a Palmer, whiche is heary, and hath many feete. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxv. 177 Whose leaves be holy as though they had bene eaten with Locustes, Paulmers, or Snayles. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 105 There is another sort of these Catterpillers, who haue no certaine place of abode, nor yet cannot tell where to find theyr foode, but like vnto superstitious Pilgrims, doe wander and stray hither and thither,..and these haue purchased a very apt name amongst vs Englishmen, to be called Palmer-wormes, by reason of their wandering and rogish life, (for they neuer stay in one place, but are euer wandering). 1668 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1880) XXXIV. 298 It pleased God to restrain the Palmer worm amongst vs in ye Bay and to spare our fruit trees. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 12/1 The depredations of Locusts, Palmer-worms, Caterpillars and other pestiferous Vermin. 1781 G. White Jrnl. 24 Aug. (1970) xiv. 192 Tho' white butterflies abound, & lay many eggs on the cabbages; yet..they do not hatch and turn to palmers. 1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 111 Red Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Arctia caga or Tiger Moth... Brown Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Spilosoma lubricepeda, or common Ermine Moth. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Palmer,..a wood-louse. 1901 Bull. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station No. 187. 83 It was not until about 1800 that the name[s] canker-worm and palmer-worm were restricted to certain insects and given their present signification in the United States. 1925 G. W. Herrick Man. Injurious Insects xii. 113 The palmer-worm is an old pest, serious in certain seasons mainly in the northeastern United States. 1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) 686 Injured areas more shallow, often merely the surface of the apple eaten away... Palmerworm, Dichomeris ligulella. < as lemmas |
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