| 单词 | snow-flea |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow-flea snow-flea n. = snow-fly n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habitat or breeding place > that frequents snow snow-fly1668 snow-flea1850 snow-gnat1891 snow-insect1891 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of genus Achorutes snow-flea1850 1850 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 16 Dec. (1990) III. 164 The snow everywhere was covered with snow-fleas like pepper. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 53 The little insects called snow-fleas..are found in winter at the foot of trees. 1888 J. H. Comstock Introd. Entomol. 61 Our common snow-flea is Achorutes nivicola. This is sometimes a pest where maple sugar is made, the insects collecting..in the sap. 1943 B. Damon Sense of Humus 106 Snow fleas..have a disagreeable habit of putting an end to their brief existence by drowning themselves in sap buckets. < as lemmas |
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