| 单词 | garden tiger moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgarden tiger moth garden tiger n. now rare (more fully garden tiger moth) a Eurasian and North American tiger moth commonly seen in gardens, Arctia caja, having boldly marked brown and white forewings and orange and black hindwings.Also called great tiger moth. ΚΠ 1795 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects IV. 70 The Caterpillars very much resemble those of the large Garden Tiger Moth. 1881 Times 19 Apr. 4/3 Here also are the garden tiger with its caterpillar, the woolly bear, so common in our gardens. 1952 Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 139 323 The garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, can be bred in captivity for two or three generations with ease; after that a fatal virus infection is apt to appear. < as lemmas |
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