| 单词 | wax-moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswax-moth wax-moth n. a moth whose larva preys on the honeycomb. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > member of genus Galleria wax-moth1766 bee-moth1829 hive-moth1931 1766 Compl. Farmer at Bee A small caterpillar, termed the wax-worm, or wax-moth, because of the havock it makes on wax. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xii. 390 The wax-moth larva (Galleria Cereana) will for want of wax eat paper, wafers, wool, etc. 1877 J. G. Wood Nature's Teachings 151 The Wax-moth, or Galleria-moth (Galleria alvearia)..is in its larval state extremely injurious to beehives. < as lemmas |
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