| 单词 | seed beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed beetle seed beetle n. a bruchid beetle (family Chrysomelidae), whose larvae develop within beans or other seeds; = bruchid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Bruchiidae or Lariidae > member of genus Bruchus > bruchus varicornis (bean-weevil) seed beetle1771 bean weevil1870 bruchid1890 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 25 Seed-Beetle..Bruchus Pisi. 1912 J. R. Ainsworth-Davis tr. W. F. Bruck Plant Dis. iv. 77 Among Beetles may particularly be mentioned species of Bruchus which attack the ripe seeds of peas and beans (Seed Beetles). 2003 R. Ornduff et al. Introd. Calif. Plant Life (rev. ed.) iii. 80 They also produce a white gummy substance in their flower buds that discourages seed beetles from laying eggs in gum plant seeds. < as lemmas |
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