| 单词 | surface caterpillar |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface caterpillar surface caterpillar n. any of various noctuid moth larvae that feed on plants just below the surface of the soil; a cutworm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > young > that live below surface of soil surface caterpillar1843 surface grub1843 surface worm1859 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 114 Tobacco-water will, for instance, kill the surface-caterpillars, if it come fairly in contact with their skins. 1916 F. R. Petherbridge Fungoid & Insect Pests on Farm ix. 98 There are a number of moths whose caterpillars damage many crops by feeding on them below the surface of the soil or at the soil level. This habit gives them the name of Surface Caterpillars. 2006 A. P. Draycott Sugar Beet xiii. 331/2 Cutworms, or surface caterpillars, are the larvae of various noctuid moths. < as lemmas |
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