| 单词 | locust-killer wasp |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocust-killer wasp locust-killer n. U.S. (now rare) (also locust-killer wasp) either of two large solitary wasps of North America, the cicada-killer, Sphecius speciosus, which preys on cicadas, and Prionyx thomae, which preys on grasshoppers. ΚΠ 1865 Amer. Agriculturist Nov. 334/2 The wasp-like insect..which digs holes in the garden like big ant-hills, and stings badly, is the Hogardia speciosus, or locust-killer. 1905 Trans. Texas Acad. Sci. 7 75 (heading) Priononyx Thomae (Fabre), the Locust Killer. 1960 M. B. Stewart Southern Gardener ii. 25 I mention the locust-killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus because we do see it occasionally in the South. < as lemmas |
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