| 单词 | rose-bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose-bug rose-bug n. †(a) = rose chafer n. 1 (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. = rose chafer n. 2 (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of subfamily Cetoniinae or genus Cetonia > cetonia aurata (rose-chafer) dora1450 rose fly1680 rose chafer1704 rose-bug1706 rose beetle?1735 goldsmith1799 goldsmith beetle1841 1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 4) ii. vii. 196 The Rose-bug never, or very seldom, attacks any other Tree, whilst that sweet Bush is in Flower. 1800 Massachusetts Spy 1 Oct. 3/4 He suggests that the Rose-bug is the pre-existing state of those worms. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 87 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The much-dreaded rose-bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 15/4 The pests to be fought—aphis of various color, scale, rosebug, etc.—fall into two classes. < as lemmas |
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