单词 | poplar hawk |
释义 | > as lemmaspoplar hawk poplar hawk n. = poplar hawkmoth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > smerinthus populi (poplar hawk moth) poplar hawk1766 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 4 This Disease is more fatal to the Caterpillars of the Emperor, Eyed Hawk, and Poplar Hawk, than the Privet. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 23 The Poplar Hawk (Sm[erinthus] Populi, Latreille) appears the end of June. 1967 E. B. Ford Moths (ed. 2) ii. 25 An abnormality both of Privet Hawk and Poplar Hawk larvae,..in which the segment bearing the posterior horn is duplicated, is known to be unifactorial and recessive. 1998 Guardian 9 June i. 16/8 It had a wing span of some three and a half inches and was, in fact, one of the hawk moths—the Poplar Hawk. < as lemmas |
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