| 单词 | grey field slug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey field slug field slug n. any of various terrestrial slugs; esp. (more fully grey field slug) Deroceras reticulatum (family Agriolimacidae), native to Europe and widely introduced in North America and elsewhere, which is an important pest of crops and garden plants. ΚΠ c1807 R. J. Thornton New Illustr. Sexual Syst. Linnaeus I. 33 It is the sweetness of this fluid in the seminal leaves of the turnip that invites the field slug (Limax agrestis). 1862 Recreative Sci. 3 321/2 The L. flavus, or variegatus..is twice the size of the field slug. 1924 Times 18 Feb. 18/4 The destructiveness of the field slugs is less obvious to sight, but they are equally voracious. 2009 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 26 June Grey field slugs (Deroceras reticulatum) do the most damage. They are usually quite small..and are most active on the soil surface. < as lemmas |
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