| 单词 | vegetable fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable fly vegetable fly n. now historical an insect invaded and deformed at the larval stage by a fungus of the ascomycete genus Cordyceps (formerly thought to be the insect itself producing a plant-like growth); cf. vegetable caterpillar n. ΚΠ 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 271 The vegetable fly is found in the island Dominica, and (excepting that it has no wings) resembles the drone both in size and colour more than any other English insect. In the month of May it buries itself in the earth, and begins to vegetate. 1842 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 57 515 Notice is taken on the vegetable fly of Dominica, specimens of which sent to Dr Hill turned out to be a species of Clavaria..growing from the body of an insect. 1953 J. Ramsbottom Mushrooms & Toadstools xiii. 151 The vegetable fly reached Europe and became an article of commerce, everyone interested in natural history striving to obtain specimens for his cabinet. 2003 Cambr. Hist. Sci. IV. xvii. 409 Other much-discussed organisms were the ‘plant worm’ and the ‘vegetable fly’, both produced by fungi that attack dead caterpillars or insects. < as lemmas |
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