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单词 papilio
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papilion.

Brit. /pəˈpɪlɪəʊ/, U.S. /pəˈpɪlioʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pāpiliō.
Etymology: < classical Latin pāpiliō butterfly, moth, of uncertain origin.Classical Latin pāpiliō is perhaps expressive of the fluttering sound made by a butterfly or moth; compare similar expressive formations in Germanic languages, as Old English fīfalde, Old Saxon fīfoldara, Middle Dutch viveltere, Old High German fīfaltra (Middle High German vīvalter, German †Feifalter), Old Icelandic fífrildi, Swedish regional feffel, all in sense ‘butterfly’.
Originally: a butterfly or large moth. Later: spec. any of various swallowtail butterflies belonging to the large genus Papilio.Valid publication as a genus name: Linnaeus in Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 458, after earlier use by him in Systema Naturæ (1735), originally applied to all butterflies.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 286 Suche a fleynge worme hatte papilio.]
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 89 An Aurelia, whence it becomes a Papilio or Butterfly, in the Theca or Case.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 12 Every Spider lays 6 or 700 Eggs; whereas the Papilio's, or Flyes, of Silk-Worms, lay but 100, or thereabouts.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 77 The oriental velvety Papilio, with short antennæ.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xvi. 364 The beautiful blue-banded Papilios, miletus and telephus.
1879 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 480/1 Every now and then a familiar vanessa or papilio comes sailing past.
1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth ii. 55 Many of these [holometabolous insects] possess organs which increase in relative size with increase of absolute size of body..[as] the ‘tail’ on the hind wing of Papilios.
1992 Observer 2 Aug. 9/4 Catfield Fen..is home to the rare British Swallowtail Papilio and the Small Dotted Footman Moth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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