| 释义 |
ruby-tailed, a.
[ruby a.]
Having a ruby-red hinder part; applied to hymenopterous insects of the genus Chrysis, esp. the golden wasp.
1862Chambers's Encycl. III. 23/1 They sometimes receive the English names of Golden-tailed and Ruby-tailed Flies. 1868J. G. Wood Homes without H. xxv. 481 Those splendid insects which are popularly called Ruby-tailed Flies, or Firetails, and scientifically termed Chrysididæ. |