| 单词 | jack spaniard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack spaniard jack spaniard n. (chiefly Caribbean) a large paper wasp, Polistes canadensis, found widely in the warmer parts of the Americas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > superfamily Vespoidea (hornets) > member of marabunta1822 jack spaniard1833 Spaniard1909 1833 A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies II. xxv. 330 The jack-spaniard, may be called the wasp of the West Indies; it is twice as large as a British wasp, and its sting is in proportion more painful. 1938 Trans. Royal Entomol. Soc. 87 181 Polistes Latreille. Four species of this genus were collected in Trinidad. P. canadensis (L.). Typical form. ‘Jack Spaniard’. Common throughout all settled areas. 2002 C. Dabydeen in H. Maes-Jelinek & B. Ledent Theatre of Arts 31 One hornet, a Jack Spaniard, flitted by, blackly. < as lemmas |
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