单词 | lantern-fly |
释义 | > as lemmaslantern-fly lantern-fly n. one of several species of insects of the family Fulgoridæ (see quots.). 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 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lantern fly. 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain App. 441 Those harmless insects called lanthorn flies. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 264 The Great Lantern-fly. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 191/1 The Chinese have the curious lantern-fly (Fulgora candelaria), with its long cylindrical proboscis, from the transparent sides of which a brilliant light appears. < as lemmas |
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