| 单词 | rat-tailed larva |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-tailed larva rat-tailed larva n. see sense 1b. rat-tailed larva b. Designating the aquatic larva of the drone fly ( Eristalis tenax), which has a tail-like telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged. Usually in rat-tailed maggot, rat-tailed larva. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Syrphidae > member of > resembling bee or eristalis tenax > larva of rat-tailed maggot1753 rat-tailed larva1836–9 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rat-tailed worms, in natural history, a species of fly-worms, with long tails, resembling those of rats. 1768 J. Arscott Let. in T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1769) III. App. 327 Blowing flies and humble bees that come from the rat-tailed maggot. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 874/1 The rat-tailed larva of Eristalis tenax. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 593 The singular rat-tailed pupa-case of Eristalis. 1895 L. C. Miall Nat. Hist. Aquatic Insects ii. 198 The Rat-tailed Maggot, a common inhabitant of stagnant pools. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) viii. 118 Pupae may also be found floating passively on the water surface (as in the rat-tailed larva, Eristalis). 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 201 Best known..is the larva of the Drone-fly, which has a telescopic breathing tube and is known as the rat-tailed maggot. < as lemmas |
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