| 单词 | tent caterpillar |
| 释义 | > as lemmastent caterpillar tent caterpillar n. the gregarious larva of a North American moth of the genus Malacosoma of the family Lasiocampidæ, which spins a tent-like web. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > member of genus Malacosoma (tent caterpillar) tent1599 tent caterpillar1854 1854 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. V. 236 To eradicate completely the tent caterpillar, it will be necessary to give attention to the wild cherry trees. 1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story iv A colony of jays would soon destroy all the tent-caterpillars. 1901 Board Agric. Leaflet No. 69. 1 Two species of so-called ‘Tent Caterpillars’ are frequently found on various fruit trees. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. iii. 1135 The larvae of M. americana..are commonly known as ‘tent-caterpillars’, their webs measuring 2 feet or more in length. < as lemmas |
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