单词 | pentatomid |
释义 | pentatomidn.adj. Entomology. A. n. Any of numerous plant-feeding heteropteran insects (bugs) constituting the family Pentatomidae, many members of which are brilliantly coloured; a shield bug, a stink bug. ΚΠ 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 516 In the Pentatomids and Cimex there is no ovipositor, but the aborted elements are more or less developed, so as to be identifiable. 1919 Sci. Monthly Apr. 376 Within a few feet of our tents we caught two copperheads, and in knocking a log to pieces to get one of them, found any quantity of a fine steel blue pentatomid, Proxys punctulatus. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) I. 18 β-carotene..is responsible for the red and yellow coloration of the Pentatomid Perillus bioculatus. 2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 2635/1 Nor was it caused..to extend its proboscis, as predaceous pentatomids typically do when anticipating a meal. B. adj. Of or relating to the family Pentatomidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > relating to or characteristic of Hemiptera > of Heteroptera > belonging to family Pentatomidae pentatomine1890 pentatomid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1306/3 Pentatomid, a. & n. 1900 Ibis 6 260 Tinnunculus Amurensis..Its stomach contained 18 large pentatomid bugs. 1951 C. N. Colyer Flies Brit. Isles 272 It [sc. Rhodogyne rotundatum] is said to be parasitic on Pentatomid bugs. 2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 2632/1 Two predators, a coccinellid beetle larva (Cycloneda sanguinea) and a pentatomid bug (Stiretus anchorago), were shown to be thwarted by the thatch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1869 |
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