| 单词 | meadow brown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeadow brown meadow brown n. (more fully meadow brown butterfly) a common Eurasian satyrid butterfly, Maniola jurtina, which has brown and orange wings marked with small eyespots. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > genus Maniola > maniola jurtina (meadow brown) meadow brown butterfly1720 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects 53 On the 11th of June came the Meadow Brown Butterfly. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 396 Meadow brown butterfly, Hipparchia Janira. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Oct. p. iv/4 The meadow-brown's heavy, indolent flight. 1974 Lady 1 Aug. 169/1 Butterflies abound..from the innumerable brown ringlets, ‘gate-keepers’, speckled woods and meadow browns, to various beauties like the common blues. 1993 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 5/1 Meadow browns—normally the most abundant..butterflies—are few, as are wall browns and gatekeepers. < as lemmas |
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