单词 | honey stomach |
释义 | > as lemmashoney stomach honey stomach n. an enlarged part of the alimentary canal of bees, in which nectar is carried; also called honey crop, honey sac. ΚΠ 1826 London Lit. Gaz. 28 Jan. 50/1 The honey collected by bees undergoes some modification in their honey-stomach before it is regurgitated. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1191 Among the Aculeata the oesophagus dilates..into a thin-walled crop or honey-stomach. 2010 N. Altman Honey Prescription i. i. 22 A honeybee must visit between several hundred to more than one thousand flowers in order to fill her honey stomach. < as lemmas |
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