单词 | cotton-worm |
释义 | > as lemmascotton-worm cotton-worm n. the larva of an insect ( Aletia xylina) very destructive to the cotton-crops of America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > larva of aletia xylina or cotton worm cotton-worm1848 1848 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1847 170 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 54) VI There has been some complaint respecting the cotton worm in the early part of the season. 1870 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects 37 The Cotton-worm (Anomis xylina Say) is very generally known by the name of the Cotton Army worm, in the South. < as lemmas |
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