† proscarabn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pro- prefix², scarab n.

Etymology: < pro- prefix² + scarab n., after post-classical Latin proscarabaeus (a1604 in the passage translated in quot. 1658), which was later adopted as a scientific Latin specific name (in Meloe proscarabaeus) by Linnaeus ( Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 419).1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1016 Called Proscarabeus in Latine..in English it may fitly be called the Oyl-beetle, or the Oyl-clock.

Obsolete. rare.

The common European oil beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Meloidae > genus or member of genus Meloe

meloe1650

May-worm1658

oil beetle1658

oil-clock1658

proscarab1668

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §2. 123 Insects..like a Beetle without wings, but seeming to have some little rudiments of wings, noted for being apt upon a touch to send out a yellowish oyly substance from his joynts... Proscarab.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	proscarab
释义	† proscarabn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pro- prefix², scarab n. Etymology: < pro- prefix² + scarab n., after post-classical Latin proscarabaeus (a1604 in the passage translated in quot. 1658), which was later adopted as a scientific Latin specific name (in Meloe proscarabaeus) by Linnaeus ( Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 419).1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1016 Called Proscarabeus in Latine..in English it may fitly be called the Oyl-beetle, or the Oyl-clock. Obsolete. rare. The common European oil beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Meloidae > genus or member of genus Meloe meloe1650 May-worm1658 oil beetle1658 oil-clock1658 proscarab1668 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §2. 123 Insects..like a Beetle without wings, but seeming to have some little rudiments of wings, noted for being apt upon a touch to send out a yellowish oyly substance from his joynts... Proscarab. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1668
随便看	postaler postalest postalexandrine postalization postalize postalized postallantoic postaller postallest postally postals postalveolar postamble postament postanaesthetic postanal postanalytic postanalytical postandrail fence postandrail fencing postandrail paddock postandrail tea postandrails postangel postantennal