单词 | onisciform |
释义 | onisciformadj. 1. Entomology. Of the larva of certain lepidoptera and beetles: resembling a woodlouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [adjective] > having form of wood-louse onisciform1826 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [adjective] > of larva caterpillar-like1611 onisciform1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 185 An onisciform one [larva], the legs of which..are covered with a viscid skin; this produced a Noctua. 1881 S. H. Scudder Butterflies xii. 247 Their onisciform nature. 1930 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 218 197 These are small bugs, and in their appearance and mode of attachment to plants closely resemble the onisciform larvæ of Helodes. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 855 The larva of Scydmaenus tarsatus..is flattened and onisciform in general shape. 1991 A. M. Emmet Sci. Names Brit. Lepidoptera 53 Heterogenea..asella..—[named after] Oniscus asellus, a species of woodlouse: from the onisciform larva. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Onisciform, of or pertaining to the Onisciformes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826 |
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