单词 | pear slug |
释义 | > as lemmaspear slug pear slug n. the slug-like larva of a sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, which infests the leaves of the pear and other fruit trees. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Symphta or Phytophaga Sessiliventres > family Tenthredinidae > caliroa cerasi larva or pear-slug pear slug1867 1867 J. A. Warder Amer. Pomology Index 741/2 Pear slug. 1872 Illustr. Ann. Reg. Rural Affairs 285 The currant worm is moist and tender and soft, like the snail and pear slug, and the remedy for the latter..is lime well scattered over the trees. 1930 Times 18 June 11/2 A miniature wasp which eats the pear slug has gone to New Zealand. 1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 12 Aug. 12/2 Pear slugs eat the upper leaf surface, ‘skeletonizing’ the leaf. < as lemmas |
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