单词 | eel-worm |
释义 | eel-wormn. A nematode worm, esp. one parasitic on plants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > member of > parasitic on plants eel-worm1888 stem-eelworm1890 1888 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects XI. 8 If the Eelworms are once established in land there is difficulty in clearing them. 1897 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 568 What appeared to be eel worms, or nematodes, were observed in potato stalks, causing the foliage to turn yellow. 1901 Dundee Advertiser 15 Jan. 4/3 ‘Tulip-root’, a disease [of oats] caused by a minute eelworm. 1935 Discovery Sept. 266/1 Eelworms that live in vinegar barrels and the many species which inhabit the soil and by their effects upon it influence the work of agriculturists. 1946 Nature 14 Dec. 882/1 Bud-rot in the eastern tropics, hitherto fortunately never confused with eelworm attack, is due to Phytophthora. 1970 Times 14 July 10/6 Maris Piper is resistant to eel worm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1888 |
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