英语词汇“peppered moth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

peppered moth

noun

A European moth of woods and gardens, which is typically white with black speckling. In industrial areas sooty brown forms predominate as a result of industrial melanism.

Biston betularia, family Geometridae.

Industrial melanism in peppered moths has been a worldwide textbook example of natural selection....

Industrial melanism in peppered moths has been studied most intensively in Britain.
For most of the twentieth century the only well-known example of evolution in action was the case of peppered moths in industrial England.

单词	peppered moth
释义	peppered moth noun A European moth of woods and gardens, which is typically white with black speckling. In industrial areas sooty brown forms predominate as a result of industrial melanism. Biston betularia, family Geometridae. Industrial melanism in peppered moths has been a worldwide textbook example of natural selection.... Industrial melanism in peppered moths has been studied most intensively in Britain. For most of the twentieth century the only well-known example of evolution in action was the case of peppered moths in industrial England.
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