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单词 ant worm
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ant worm
ant worm n. (a) the larva of an ant (obsolete); (b) U.S. any of various insect larvae that are pests of cultivated crops (now rare).
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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
1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 39 Ant Worms can only a little turn or extend their Bodies.
1763 R. Goadby Universe Displayed v. 93 It is observable of Ant-Worms, that they have not a locomotive Faculty, or a Power of moving from one Place to another.
1850 Trans. Royal Hawaiian Agric. Soc. 1 97 Peas grow very well, but are very difficult to raise on account of the attacks from the ant worm.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 562 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The insects that afflict and sometimes wholly destroy the cotton plant, viz., the cotton louse, the ant worm, the cotton worm or moth, [etc.].
1919 Market Crops Florida (Bradley Fertilizer Works) ii. 52 The Tomato Fruit Worm ('ant worm'), pick by hand or use poison bait.
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