| 单词 | railway beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailway beetle railway beetle n. the larva or larviform adult of any of several South American beetles of the genus Phrixothrix (family Phengodidae), characterized by luminescent red and green patches on the body; also called railroad beetle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Phengodidae > member of (railway beetle) railway beetle1896 1896 M. Crommelin Over Andes 34 These fire-flies pale before the famed railway beetle of Paraguay, which carries green lights on his side. 1942 Eng. Jrnl. 31 612/2 The South American railway beetle was flashing red and green signal lights thousands of years before the human population had grown dense enough or speedy enough to need them. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 13 July (Times Action section) 2 In Paraguay, the 3-inch railway beetle has red lights front and back with green lights at points in between. < as lemmas |
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