| 单词 | bubble nest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbubble nest bubble nest n. a floating raft of bubbles produced by certain freshwater tropical fish and frogs as a protection for their eggs; (also) a mass of foam produced by some young plant bugs to protect themselves. ΚΠ 1885 Sci. Amer. 11 July 23/3 If its eggs became separated they would fare badly; hence the bubble nest was extemporized to keep them together at the surface. 1916 Copeia No. 28. 18 Lalius utilizes small pieces of plants, roots, algae, etc., to form a somewhat dome-shaped structure... Under this he builds his bubble nest. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 303 With some exceptions.., they are bubble-nest builders... The nest varies in size from one and a half to five inches in diameter. 2003 B. J. Abraham et al. Insects & Spiders of World III. 141/1 A froghopper nymph makes its bubble nest by blowing air through watery droppings as it passes out of the anus. < as lemmas |
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