| 单词 | pill beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspill beetle pill beetle n. any of various small rounded beetles of the family Byrrhidae which are able to retract the head and appendages, esp. Byrrhus pilula. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Byrrhidae pill beetle1816 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 234 Another genus of insects..the pill-beetles (Byrrhus..), have recourse to a method the reverse of this. 1991 New Scientist 3 Aug. 29/2 Despite recent damage it is home to 14 endangered invertebrates, including three species endemic only to Thorne and Hatfield Moors, the mire pill beetle, Curimopsis nigrita, the thorne ground beetle, Bembidion humerale, and the hairy canary fly Phaonia jaroschewskii. < as lemmas |
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