| 单词 | velvet ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvelvet ant velvet ant n. (a) a spider-ant ( Cent. Dict. 1891); (b) a parasitic wasp of the family Mutillidæ, having a velvety appearance. 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 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Mutillidae > member of ant1625 velvet ant1748 mutillid1895 1748 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina App. 13 The Velvet Ant... The whole body and head resembled crimson velvet. 1842 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. 14 Stinging velvet-ants..are predaceous in their habits. 1932 E. Step Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects 57 The Velvet-ants are not Ants: the name is only a courtesy title given when..the wingless female..was a more familiar object than the winged male. 1968 T. Wolfe Electric Kool-aid Acid Test xxi. 305 He can feel..every verruga fly, velvet ant, murine fleas and crabs. 1975 Sci. Amer. Dec. 115/1 The natural enemies of Bembix include mutillid wasps (sometimes called velvet ants). < as lemmas |
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