单词 | water-parrot |
释义 | > as lemmaswater-parrot ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > small miteOE minta1500 water-parrot1772 nigget1875 smut1899 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 242 The water parrot..is the best known [species of Monoculus]..on account of its colour, sometimes red, which makes the vulgar believe that the water is changed into blood. 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 360/1 The water-parrot and the shell-monoculus, are remarkable. < as lemmas |
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