单词 | golden beetle |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden beetle golden beetle n. any of various beetles with a metallic, esp. golden, lustre; spec. those of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.Cf. gold beetle n. at gold n.1 and adj. Compounds 2c. ΚΠ 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné (Index) Auratus, the golden-beetle [Fr. Le Scarabé doré], Linn. no. 78. 1806 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. 26 A species of peculiar beauty is the Golden Beetle, Scarabæus auratus; it is about the size of the common or black garden beetle. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects iii. 78 There is a large Family Chrysomelidæ, or ‘golden beetles’, so called because many of them possess a brilliant metallic colouring. 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Nov. 11/2 Rachel McFadyen yesterday said that after two years of testing she was confident the golden beetle would pose little risk to native flora. < as lemmas |
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