| 单词 | mahogany flat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmahogany flat mahogany flat n. slang a bedbug. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of Capsidae or Miridae > cimex lectularius (bed-bug) punaisec1530 wall-louse1540 cimex1585 bug1622 chincha1640 want-louse1655 wiglouse1658 bedbug1740 B. flat1853 Norfolk Howard1862 mahogany flat1864 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 176 Mahogany flat, a bug. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 120/60 Bedbugs,..flats, mahogany flats. 1952 New Biol. 13 86 The abdomen [of the bed-bug] when empty is flat (hence the name ‘mahogany flat’). 1959 T. R. E. Southwood & D. Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles 188 Bedbug. Also known as ‘wall lice’, ‘mahogany flats’ and ‘crimson ramblers’ these insects have been carried all round the world. 1967 B. J. Banfill Pioneer Nurse v. 61 Until two months ago we had only a log shanty. Somehow the Mahogany Flats took over and we had to burn it. < as lemmas |
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