单词 | brown ant |
释义 | > as lemmasbrown ant b. Used in naming varieties or species of animals, plants, minerals, etc., as brown ant, brown bear, brown owl; brown willow; brown haematite, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types musk-ant1671 velvet ant1748 soldier1781 raffle ant1793 Amazon-ant1824 green tree ant1845 brown ant1868 harvesting ant1873 Amazon1880 crazy ant1885 crazy ant1905 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 183 The makyng of a bathe medicinable..Brown fenelle. 1767 G. White Let. 9 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 31 The young of the brown owl will eat indiscriminately all that is brought. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 225 Earthy Brown Hæmatite, both compact and decomposed. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 69 Brown Bent-grass. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands vii. 126 The most admirable subterranean architecture is perhaps that of the Brown Ant. 1882 Garden 28 Jan. 62/3 Lettuces..the best of all for winter, the old Brown Cos. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 7 Aug. 4/2 On some estates in Scotland..a brown hare is now rarely seen. < as lemmas |
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