单词 | lycid |
释义 | lycidadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to a beetle of the family Lycidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of relating to member of family Lycidae lycid1932 1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth vii. 237 See..Mjöberg's discussion (1925) on the larviform females of certain Lycid beetles. 1934 [see sense B.]. 1962 New Scientist 6 Dec. 577/1 The cerambycid beetle Elytroleptus ignitus is a mimic of the lycid beetles Lycus loripes and L. simulans... They are typical cases of Batesian mimicry, the cerambycids being palatable to predators but gaining protection by looking like the distasteful lycids. B. n. A beetle of this family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Lycidae lycid1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lycid n. and adj. 1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 165/1 There are a great many mimetic forms that resemble protected beetles (such as the already-mentioned lycids). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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