单词 | pompilid |
释义 | pompilidadj.n. Entomology. A. adj. Of or relating to the hymenopteran family Pompilidae, that comprises solitary wasps which excavate burrows that are provisioned with paralysed spiders as food for the young. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to wasps > of or relating to Pompiliidae pompilid1898 1898 Amer. Naturalist 32 449 Pepsis rubra, a formidable Pompilid wasp common in the same locality. 1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 952/1 The specimens show the resemblance of the black red-banded Hemipteron to a common pattern of the Pompilid group of Fossorial Hymenoptera. 1999 Functional Ecol. 13 312/2 Living in open space might be risky, because spiders may be more conspicuous to visual predators such as pompilid wasps. B. n. A wasp of the family Pompilidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > superfamily Pompiloidea or family Pompiliidae > member of pompilid1906 1906 J. A. Davis tr. P. Knuth Handbk. Flower Pollination II. 486 Visitors. The following were recorded by the observers... A bee.., a Pompilid [L. Pompilus viaticus].., and a saw-fly. 1941 W. S. Bristowe Comity of Spiders II. vii. 354 Spiders are the sole prey of Pompilids. 1985 Sci. Amer. July 96 b/3 The pompilids capture spiders as food for their young; the wasp paralyzes the spider with a sting, puts it in a nest and lays eggs there, so that the young can feed on the spider when the eggs hatch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1898 |
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