单词 | bug hunting |
释义 | > as lemmasbug hunting bug hunting n. colloquial the action or practice of searching for or collecting insects or other bugs (sense 1), esp. as entomological specimens. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects entomology1766 insectology1766 bugology1843 bug hunting1855 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 7 The naturalist was looked on as a harmless enthusiast, who went ‘bug-hunting’, simply because he had not spirit to follow a fox. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 May 4/2 The pursuit that in schoolboy days of irreverence we used to call ‘bug-hunting’. 2015 Ledbury Reporter (Nexis) 15 Oct. A dedicated space..has been filled with equipment needed for the activities, including bug hunting, nature trails and pond dipping kits. < as lemmas |
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