单词 | lantern bug |
释义 | > as lemmaslantern bug lantern bug n. = lantern-fly n.; also figurative (see quot. 1774). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Fulgoridae lantern-fly1753 lantern bug1774 fulgorid1878 1774 J. Burgoyne Maid of Oaks i. ii. 14 I would have put out Mr. Lanternbug's stars with one dash of my pincil. 1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. xix. 156 Of bugs and beetles there is endless variety—including the cocuyo or lantern-bug, and the tarantula. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 228 Many lantern bugs have this anterior prolongation of the head. < as lemmas |
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