| 单词 | rhinoceros beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrhinoceros beetle rhinoceros beetle n. any of various very large scarab beetles constituting the subfamily Dynastinae, the males of which have a curved horn extending from the head and typically one or more from the thorax; esp. the widespread Oryctes nasicornis of temperate Eurasia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > member of (horned beetle) dora1450 rhinoceros1658 rhinoceros beetle1681 phyllophagan1842 rhino beetle1951 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. ii. 162 The Rhinoceros Beetle..hath only one Horn upon the Nose standing almost upright. 1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature 196/1 The Rhinoceros Beetle, whose lungs consist of numberless little bladders. 1892 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 64. 88 The young cocoa-nut palm..is peculiarly liable to the attack of a large rhinoceros beetle..Oryctes insularis. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xv. 355 A few species of rhinoceros beetles are found in the South and West. 1996 New Scientist 10 Feb. 17/1 Gram for gram, rhinoceros beetles are thought to be the world's strongest animals. < as lemmas |
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