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单词 frass
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Definition of frass in English:

frass

noun frasfras
mass noun
  • 1Fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood produced by the activity of boring insects.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the end of the experiment, an average of 25% of the cotyledon of Q. alba acorns had been reduced to frass, while there was no apparent damage in any of the final sample of RO acorns.
    • We felt the fine, sharply scented frass of a carpenter ant colony with our fingertips.
  • 2The excrement of insect larvae.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Often dark black pellets of frass will be in the nest with the caterpillar.
    • This frass is considerably different from the pelletized frass left by drywood and dampwood termites.
    • On closer inspection, obvious discolored wounds can often be seen at the base of the plant and stems, and at the wounds, masses of a yellow-green grainy substance known as frass - the hygienic German word for caterpillar excrement.
    • As a bit of frass starts to emerge from the caterpillar, it pushes a hinged plate against a ring of blood vessels surrounding the anus.
    • I measured digestibility as the proportion of eaten plant biomass not deposited as frass by 0800 the following morning.
    • They seemed to hunt by scent, ignoring nests with faux frass in the form of small black glass beads.
    • After collecting, we removed litter from litter bags and gently cleaned it of roots, invertebrates, frass, and soil.
    • The chemical analyses of the body and frass of Blepharida flavocostata revealed almost no match to the constituents found in B. biflora.
    • Thus removal of cues for natural enemies is likely to have been an important selective force in the evolution of frass ejection behavior in shelter-dwelling larvae.
    • Identifying the presence of frass coupled with damage is a strong indication of the presence of a caterpillar, or in some cases, beetle larvae.
    • The notion that Tunisian blue-striped caterpillar frass could help you burn fat overnight while you sleep, strengthen muscles without exercise, erase wrinkles and improve your memory is too tempting for some folks to resist.
    • One downside of group dining is that chemical signals from the larvae and their frass can attract parasitoids.
    • Keep the grass mowed or mulched around the trunks of your fruit trees and watch for the telltale rusty frass of borers - these larval worms can be dug out with a sturdy wire.
    • Larvae that had consumed leaf material frequently had green coloured alimentary canals, green frass and a portion of the leaf surface was scarred.
    • As larvae feed, they spin silken threads, trapping the dying florets and their frass, giving the sunflower head a trashy appearance.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Frass, from fressen 'devour'.

 
 

Definition of frass in US English:

frass

nounfras
  • 1Fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood produced by the activity of boring insects.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We felt the fine, sharply scented frass of a carpenter ant colony with our fingertips.
    • By the end of the experiment, an average of 25% of the cotyledon of Q. alba acorns had been reduced to frass, while there was no apparent damage in any of the final sample of RO acorns.
    1. 1.1 The excrement of insect larvae.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Often dark black pellets of frass will be in the nest with the caterpillar.
      • One downside of group dining is that chemical signals from the larvae and their frass can attract parasitoids.
      • On closer inspection, obvious discolored wounds can often be seen at the base of the plant and stems, and at the wounds, masses of a yellow-green grainy substance known as frass - the hygienic German word for caterpillar excrement.
      • The notion that Tunisian blue-striped caterpillar frass could help you burn fat overnight while you sleep, strengthen muscles without exercise, erase wrinkles and improve your memory is too tempting for some folks to resist.
      • Thus removal of cues for natural enemies is likely to have been an important selective force in the evolution of frass ejection behavior in shelter-dwelling larvae.
      • This frass is considerably different from the pelletized frass left by drywood and dampwood termites.
      • As a bit of frass starts to emerge from the caterpillar, it pushes a hinged plate against a ring of blood vessels surrounding the anus.
      • Keep the grass mowed or mulched around the trunks of your fruit trees and watch for the telltale rusty frass of borers - these larval worms can be dug out with a sturdy wire.
      • The chemical analyses of the body and frass of Blepharida flavocostata revealed almost no match to the constituents found in B. biflora.
      • Larvae that had consumed leaf material frequently had green coloured alimentary canals, green frass and a portion of the leaf surface was scarred.
      • Identifying the presence of frass coupled with damage is a strong indication of the presence of a caterpillar, or in some cases, beetle larvae.
      • After collecting, we removed litter from litter bags and gently cleaned it of roots, invertebrates, frass, and soil.
      • I measured digestibility as the proportion of eaten plant biomass not deposited as frass by 0800 the following morning.
      • As larvae feed, they spin silken threads, trapping the dying florets and their frass, giving the sunflower head a trashy appearance.
      • They seemed to hunt by scent, ignoring nests with faux frass in the form of small black glass beads.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Frass, from fressen ‘devour’.

 
 
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