Vermin; (in later use) spec. parasitical insects. English regional (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire) in later use. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) (41) filtha1398 Vermin; (in later use) spec. parasitical insects. English regional (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire) in later use. Now rare. sciniphesa1500 = ciniphes, n. ciniphesa1571 With plural agreement. A word taken over from the Vulgate, where it is applied to the insects which constituted the third plague of Egypt (Exodus… blain-worma1652 some parasitic insect; also figurative. flya1704 In farmers' and gardeners' language, often used without defining prefix for the insect parasite chiefly injurious to the particular crop or animal… stroller1705 transferred. A parasitic insect. Subcategories:— that sucks blood (1) — that kills host (of larva) (1) — that produces wheals (1) — harmful to cows (4) — that infests hawks (1) — infesting plants (1) — that causes blight (1) — that infests grain (1) — infesting wheat-plant (1) — infesting vine-leaves (4) — that infests cotton pod (2) — that attacks berry bushes (2) — injurious to squashes (1) — that strips trees of leaves (1) — that reduces leaves to skeleton (1) — which produces excrescence on trees (4) — that eats or bores through wood (7) — that feeds on bark (1) |
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