单词 | ant egg |
释义 | > as lemmasant egg ant egg n. = ant's egg n.; usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > larva(e) ant eggeOE ant's egg1495 ant worm1747 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lxxxvii. 156 Wiþ þon þe hær ne weaxe, æmettan ægru genim, gnid, smit on þa stowe. c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) i. l. 680 Annt eyron yeve hem [sc. young pheasants] eke. 1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. Cviv We wyll maliciously make, of ant egges, ant hylles, and sette out the matter at length. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 195 They grow quickly as great as Ant-eggs, and as long. 1797 Earl Macartney in G. M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1898) II. 99 The proper Bosjesmen..feed upon..ant eggs which they call Rice, & which serve them for a great part of their food. 1849 W. H. Furness tr. G. H. Schubert Mirror of Nature vii. 27 Scarcely has the ant crawled out of its chrysalis, or pupa-state, (commonly called the ant-egg) when..it immediately joins its elder associates. 1994 R. Purvis T'shama iii. 25 A fresh ant egg resembles a grain of rice. 2007 M. O'Shea Boas & Pythons World 10/2 Most pygopods prey on ant eggs and soft-bodied invertebrates. < as lemmas |
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