| 单词 | peppered moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeppered moth peppered moth n. the geometrid moth Biston betularia, which is typically white speckled with black, the occurrence of predominantly black forms of which in smoke-polluted areas being cited as the classic example of industrial melanism. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > biston betularia (peppered moth) peppered moth1766 pepper moth1864 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 37 (heading) The Pepper'd [moth]. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. Index 269/1 Peppered M[oth]. 1903 F. E. Hulme Butterflies & Moths vi. 225 The insect..is..called the Peppered Moth, or, in the words of some old entomologists, the Pepper and Salt. 1999 S. Jones Almost like Whale iv. 77 Melanics turned up in peppered moths in the industrial parts of Europe, and, from 1906 in North America also. < as lemmas |
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