单词 | owl moth |
释义 | > as lemmasowl moth owl moth n. a very large noctuid moth of the genus Thysania, found in tropical South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > erebus strix owl moth1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 38 The great owl-moth of Brazil (Erebus Strix) in this respect is a larger fowl than the quail. 1926 Sci. Monthly Nov. 396/1 The largest of all American moths, the great owl-moth of tropical South America (Thysania agrippina) which measures almost a foot across its wings. 1992 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 Dec. 13 (caption) Professor Roger Kitching inspects an owl moth at O'Reilly's rainforest yesterday. < as lemmas |
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