| 单词 | bear worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbear worm bear worm n. now rare any of various hairy larvae, esp. caterpillars; cf. woolly bear n. at woolly adj. and n. Compounds 2. 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 1577 Arte of Angling sig. D.iiiiv He will bite very well at a Menowe, the great redworme, the white worme,..the hornet, the great beare worme in a swifte streame, or at a myl tayle. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 105 These Catterpillers..by reason of their roughnes and ruggednes, some call them Beare-wormes. 1792 Nat. Hist. Insects xv. 174 Some call them bear Worms, because they are all over hair. 1947 Pests & their Control May 28/2 The larvae of the tiger moths are densely covered with long hairs, a characteristic which has earned them the name of bear-worms, or woolly-bears. < as lemmas |
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