单词 | golden fly |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden fly golden fly n. now rare any of various flying insects with a metallic lustre; spec. (formerly) a ruby-tailed wasp of the family Chrysididae, and (in later use) a greenbottle fly of the genus Lucilia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of genus Chrysis (ruby-tailed fly) golden wasp1773 golden fly1781 ruby-tail1826 ruby-tail fly1830 firetail1865 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 255 (heading) 6th genus. The golden-fly. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Golden-fly, an insect so called from its gilt body, which is generally found in the holes of old walls, the Chrysis of Linnæus. 1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World 71 The Golden Fly Lucilia Cæsar, lays its eggs on cut-up meat. 1973 H. Laudien in H. Precht et al. Temperature & Life 364 He examined the development of the golden fly Lucilia sericata. < as lemmas |
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