| 单词 | yellow bear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow bear yellow bear n. (a) any of various bears with yellowish fur (often previously identified as distinct species), esp. any of several varieties of North American black bear ( Ursus americanus) and brown bear ( Ursus arctos) (now rare); (b) (more fully yellow bear caterpillar) the hairy yellow caterpillar of the noctuid moth Spilosoma virginica. ΚΠ 1788 C. Catton Animals drawn from Nature The Yellow Bear from Carolina..is rather smaller than the European Bears;..the colour a lively bright orange, of a reddish cast. 1821 E. Griffith Descr. Vertebrated Animals: Carnivora 236 (heading) The yellow bear. Ursus Luteolus. 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 247 Of all the hairy caterpillars frequenting our gardens, there are none so common and troublesome as that which I have called the yellow bear. a1857 D. Thompson Narr. Explor. W. Amer. 1784–1812 (1916) vi. 113 The only Bears of this country, are the small black Bear, with a chance Yellow Bear, this latter has a fine furr and trades for three Beavers in barter, when full grown. 1938 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 41 186 The ‘yellow bear’ caterpillar was taken several times feeding on bindweed foliage. 1959 H. H. Collins Compl. Field Guide Amer. Wildlife 322 The form that occurs on the southern edge of the Barren Grounds from the Anderson River to ne. of Great Slave Lake..is now known as the Yellow Bear, U. inopinatus. 2010 J. Frick-Ruppert Mountain Nature iv. 154 The yellow bear (Spilosoma virginica), while usually pale yellow, can range in color from white to dark brown. < as lemmas |
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