| 单词 | stick caterpillar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick caterpillar stick caterpillar n. (a) a caterpillar of a geometrid moth (family Geometridae), which resembles a stick or twig and typically holds itself erect and motionless on its prolegs when disturbed; (b) †a stick insect (family Phasmida) (obsolete).Stick caterpillars are also called inchworm, looper, and measuring-worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > resembling stick stick caterpillar1842 1842 Gardeners' Chron. 26 Nov. 788/1 These..stick-caterpillars cling so fast, by their anal feet, to the stalks and twigs, that it is scarcely possible to dislodge them by shaking or beating the branches. 1850 L. M. Budgen Episodes Insect Life 2nd Ser. Contents p. xv. On the left, another stick caterpillar—that of the Swallow-tail Moth (Ourapterix sambucaria), is attached to a branch of elder. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 349 The various species [of the family Phasmidæ] are known as Leaf-insects, Walking-leaves, Stick-caterpillars [etc.]. 1952 Behaviour 4 230 Some Jays are able, once they have found a stick caterpillar, to distinguish the insect from twigs. 2013 J. Diamond & A. B. Bond Concealing Coloration Animals ix. 127 The camouflage of stick caterpillars goes well beyond coloration. < as lemmas |
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