| 单词 | calico-back |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalico-back calico-back n. U.S. (a) the turnstone (Arenaria interpres); (b) the harlequin cabbage-beetle. ΚΠ 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 246 Strepsilas... Turnstone. Brant Bird. Calico-back. 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 164 [The name] Calico-back [has reference] to the curiously variegated plumage of the upper parts. 1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects (1923) 145 The Harlequin Cabbage-bug or Calico-back..is very destructive to cabbages, radishes, and turnips in the Southern States. < as lemmas |
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