| 单词 | tortoise-beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastortoise-beetle tortoise-beetle n. a leaf-beetle of the family Cassididæ, from the resemblance of the wing-cases and prothorax to the carapace of a tortoise. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Chrysomelidae > member of Cassididae (tortoise-beetle) tortoise-beetle1711 1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LIX Brasil Tortoise Beetle..Its Legs and Body of a golden green, with Copper Edges, it creeps softly, and is slow to fly. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxix. 74 Cassida viridis, a tortoise beetle,..covers her group of eggs with a partially transparent membrane. < as lemmas |
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