单词 | lyctus |
释义 | lyctusn. A wood-boring beetle of the genus so called; a powder-post beetle. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Lyctidae (powder-post beetle) powder-post beetle1904 lyctus1917 1917 U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 788 (title) Powder-post damage by Lyctus beetles to seasoned hardwood. 1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. 438 The European lyctus..can be separated by the single row of large round shallow punctures on the elytra. 1936 Discovery Feb. 42/1 The Powder-Post or Lyctus beetles are menacing timber-yard pests. 1958 Times Rev. Industry May 18/3 Death watch beetles and furniture beetles..are joined by..the lyctus beetle. Derivatives ˈlyctid n. a beetle of the family Lyctidæ; as adj., of or pertaining to this family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to family Lyctidae lyctid1959 1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles II. 63 The dust made by Anobiid larvae is granular, that of the Lyctid grubs is a fine powder. 1963 N. E. Hickin Insect Factor in Wood Decay v. 134 Lyctid beetles are small. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1917 |
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