| 单词 | red maggot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred maggot red maggot n. (a) the minute reddish larva of a wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana or Contarinia tritici (now rare); (b) Angling a maggot dyed red and used as bait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Cecidomyiidae > member of (wheat midge) > larva flaxseed1865 red maggot1886 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 423 In its Vermicular-State, it is a Red-Maggot. 1886 Times 18 Aug. 10/6 The wheat midge..produces the red maggots which so seriously damage the ripening ears of corn. 1907 W. E. Collinge Rep. Injurious Insects Midland Counties 1906 34 The Wheat Midge. Diplosis tritici, Kirby. Two cases of wheat infected by ‘Red Maggot’, from Warwickshire correspondents, have been examined. 1947 H. Major Basic Fishing 14 A red maggot may produce results when one in its natural coloring may be ignored. 1990 Angling Times 29 Aug. 38/1 He worked with a four-metre pole, alternating combinations of garden worm, gozzer and red maggot. < as lemmas |
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