| 单词 | water creeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater creeper water creeper n. †(a) a larva of a stonefly (order Plecoptera) (obsolete); (b) any water bug of the family Naucoridae, the members of which crawl about on the bottom of bodies of water and are predators capable of inflicting painful bites (also called creeping water bug). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Plecoptera > member of (stone-fly) > larva water creeper1662 water cricket1662 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler iii. 23 Some call the flie bred of the water Cricket or Creeper a May-flie, and some a Stone-flie. 1704 J. Smith Compleat Fisher (ed. 3) 27 The Water-Cricket, Water Louse or Creeper is but one, these take Trout in March and April. 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 35 The Stone Fly..is bred from an insect, found under large stones in the river, called the water cricket, or creeper. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xii. 204 Membrane of hemelytra not veined. (Water Creepers). Naucoridae. 2005 L. G. Sorenson in J. Kear Ducks, Geese, & Swans II. 585/2 Two ducklings ate seeds of foxtail grass.., and animal matter 3.5% (water boatman, water creeper Pelocoris and snails). < as lemmas |
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