| 单词 | web-nest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweb-nest web-nest n. a large protective structure of tangled silk threads secreted by a group of spiders, web-spinners, moth caterpillars (webworms), etc., typically in the foliage of a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > covering > tissue enclosing group web-nest1841 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > hyphantria cunea (web-worm) > filmy tissue enclosing web-nest1841 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > margarodes quadristigmalis (privet web-worm) > filmy tissue enclosing web-nest1841 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Oecophoridae > depressaria heraclina (web-worm) > filmy tissue enclosing web-nest1841 1841 Farmer's Monthly Visitor June 85/1 In the orchard were a few nests of these pestiferous vermin collected under the cover of a web nest upon a crotch between the branches of the tree. 1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 279 The caterpillars, enclosed in the common web-nest, first gnaw the upper side of the leaves. 1903 Biol. Bull. 4 100 They [sc. Embiidæ] still spin their web-nests. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xx. 670 The most spectacular of these cooperative spiders can form colonies of up to thousands of adults and juveniles occupying a communal web-nest that in some cases cover an entire tree. < as lemmas |
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