单词 | groo-groo worm |
释义 | > as lemmasgroo-groo worm 2. Usually groo-groo worm: The grub of the coleopterous insect Calandra palmarum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > corn-weevil > calandra palmarum larva or groo-groo worm groo-groo worm1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 22 Another negro also brought me a regale of groe-groe, or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 215 (note) I have some doubts also of the admissibility of the Groo-groo worms. 1852 Zoologist 10 3662 The groogroo worm—so called because it is found in a species of palm vulgarly called the groogroo. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana 266 Gru-gru worm. < as lemmas |
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