单词 | corn-moth |
释义 | > as lemmascorn-moth corn-moth n. a species of moth, Tinea granella, the larva of which, called the ‘wolf’, is very destructive to corn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > tinea granella (grain-moth) wolf1682 corn-moth1766 fly-weevil1789 grain-moth1842 wolf-moth1863 1766 Compl. Farmer at Moth The possibility of destroying the corn moth, or worm, without hurting the grain. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 315 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The clothes-moth and corn-moth are representatives of the family. < as lemmas |
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