| 单词 | minotaur beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminotaur beetle 3. In full minotaur beetle. A black Eurasian dung beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus (family Geotrupidae), which bears three horn-like projections on the thorax (in the male), and is typically found in sandy areas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of (dung-beetle) sharnbudc1000 dora1450 clock1568 sharn-bug1608 dung beetle1634 grey fly1638 dunghill beetle1658 comb-chafer1712 tumble-turd1754 tumble-dung1775 dung-chafer1805 tumble-bug1805 tumbler1807 bull-comber1813 straddle-bug1839 lamellicorn1842 scarabaeidan1842 shard-beetle1854 watchman1864 scarabaeoid1887 scarabaeid1891 minotaur1918 1918 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Sacred Beetle & Others xi. 183 Remember also the Minotaur, who looks as though he were going to spit his foe with his sheaf of three couched lances. 1968 Oxf. Bk. Insects 180/2 Minotaurs are locally common, mainly in spring and autumn, on sandy heaths as far north as Ayrshire. 1975 G. Evans Life of Beetles iii. 69 This type of co-operation [between the sexes] is well known in the Geotrupidae. In Britain, it is found both in the dor beetle (Geotrupes spp.) and in the minotaur beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus). 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 148 The Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) prefers rabbit and sheep dung. < as lemmas |
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