| 单词 | tarantula-killer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastarantula-killer tarantula-killer n. any of several species of spider wasp of the genus Pepsis that occur in the south-western U.S. and kill tarantulas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > superfamily Pompiloidea or family Pompiliidae > member of genus Pepsis (tarantula-hawk) tarantula-killer1867 tarantula-hawk1878 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 137 The large, red-winged ‘Tarantula Killer’..is, as far as I know, the largest of the dauber group. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. iii. 105 P[epsis] formosus, Say, is called in Texas the tarantula-killer; according to Buckley, its mode of attack on the huge spider is different from that made use of by its European ally. < as lemmas |
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