单词 | cabbage maggot |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage maggot cabbage maggot n. the larva of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum, a small white maggot that feeds on the roots and stems of cabbages and related plants; (also U.S.) the adult insect. ΚΠ 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 411 The Cabbage maggot, the larva of A[nthomyia] brassicæ Bouché, a common fly in Europe, has been found in Michigan to be injurious to the cabbage. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvii. 423 The cabbage maggot (Hylemyia brassicae) is a serious pest on cabbages. 2003 Jrnl. Entomol. Sci. 38 525 Water-pan traps in the field indicated four generations..of cabbage maggot adults, Delia radicum (L.), in upstate New York. < as lemmas |
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