单词 | instar |
释义 | instarn. Entomology. Any of the stages in the life of an insect or other arthropod between successive ecdyses, including the stage between hatching from the egg and the first ecdysis; also (and originally), an individual arthropod at a particular stage. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > at particular stage instar1895 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > stage in life > stage between ecdyses instar1895 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > process of metamorphosis > stage between successive ecdyses instar1895 1895 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. v. 158 It may be well to adopt a term suggested by Fischer, and call the Insect as it appears at hatching the first instar, what it is as it emerges from the first ecdysis the second instar, and so on. 1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. II. 176 The intervals between the ecdyses are known as stages or stadia, and the form assumed by an insect during a particular stadium is termed an instar. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XII. 12/2 In the parasitic groups hypermetamorphosis..is very frequent, the larvae being hatched in forms very different from that assumed in the final instar. 1932 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Fund. Insect Life vi. 156 The molts occurring during the growing period divide this life stage..into a number of sharply separated sizes or steps that are called instars. 1964 R. M. Fox & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Entomol. viii. 268 Most spiders provide a cocoon in which the first two instars are spent in passive existence. 1970 Nature 24 Oct. 382/1 In Jamaica the fifth instar larvae of the New World hawkmoth..exhibit four basic colours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). instarv. 1. transitive. To set as a star; to make a star of. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > [verb (transitive)] > stellify stellifyc1384 instar1592 star1606 starrify1640 1592 S. Daniel Delia xxvii Though time do spoyle her of the fairest vaile That euer yet mortallitie did couer; Which shall instarre the needle and the trayle. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. I4 Our heart is high in-starr'd in brighter Spheres. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 100 Grim-tuskéd boar..Whom ancient myths in the heavenly north instarred. 2. To set or adorn with or as with stars; to stud with stars or brilliants. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > ornament with stars stellify1426 star1592 bestar1612 instar1652 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. lxix. 10 Those Rayes enstarre the duskie Parts. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 55 The shining Circlets of his golden Hair..Instarr'd with Gems and Gold. 1824 J. H. Wiffen tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered xiv. xxxix The rich flood did all its banks instar With precious stones, enchanting to the sight. Derivatives instarred adj. /ɪnˈstɑːd/ set with stars. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > full of starredc1225 starry?c1400 starneda1425 stelliferant1490 stelliferal1496 starnyc1500 stellatec1500 stelliferous1583 star-spangled1600 lampful1605 starful1606 stellified1611 stelled1628 star-studded?a1656 astriferous1656 stellated1755 constellated1767 constellate1855 instarred1888 1888 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove (1889) vii. 117 The thickly instarred, moonless sky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1895v.1592 |
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