| 单词 | whistle-insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhistle-insect whistle-insect n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > unspecified breezea1300 drumblec1350 gagrill14.. bug1594 bud-cutter1693 butter-cutter1704 cane-fly1750 whistle-insect1760 bush-worm1796 gogga1909 nunu1913 minibeast1973 1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. 161 The head is made like that of a locust: the..thorax, is surrounded with many sharp points;..I have called it the Whistle-Insect, because it very nearly agrees with another insect found in Africa, of which the natives make whistles to call their cattle together: these whistles consist of the whole outer cover of the insect. < as lemmas |
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