英语词汇“mother-of-pearl moth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

mother-of-pearl moth

mother-of-pearl moth n. a greyish-white pyralid moth, Pleuroptya ruralis, whose larvae feed on nettles; (formerly also) †any of several moths resembling or related to this moth (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1749Mother of Pearl moth [see sense C. 2].

1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 165 Margaritia verticalis..Mother of Pearl M[oth].

1952 B. P. Beirne Brit. Pyralid & Plume Moths 136 Sylepta ruralis Scop. (verticalis Schiff.) (‘Mother-of-pearl Moth’)... This species is common wherever nettles grow throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

1975 Country Life 12 June 1567/1 [Among] insects that live or feed on nettles are..the caterpillars of the..spectacle, snout and mother-of-pearl moths.

extracted from mother-of-pearln.int.adj.

as lemmas

单词	mother-of-pearl moth
释义	> as lemmas mother-of-pearl moth mother-of-pearl moth n. a greyish-white pyralid moth, Pleuroptya ruralis, whose larvae feed on nettles; (formerly also) †any of several moths resembling or related to this moth (obsolete). ΚΠ 1749Mother of Pearl moth [see sense C. 2]. 1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 165 Margaritia verticalis..Mother of Pearl M[oth]. 1952 B. P. Beirne Brit. Pyralid & Plume Moths 136 Sylepta ruralis Scop. (verticalis Schiff.) (‘Mother-of-pearl Moth’)... This species is common wherever nettles grow throughout Great Britain and Ireland. 1975 Country Life 12 June 1567/1 [Among] insects that live or feed on nettles are..the caterpillars of the..spectacle, snout and mother-of-pearl moths. extracted from mother-of-pearln.int.adj. < as lemmas
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