| 单词 | railroad worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailroad worm railroad worm n. North American (a) the larva of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (family Tephritidae), which makes winding tunnels in the flesh of apples; (b) = railway beetle n. at railway n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Phengodidae > member of (railway beetle) > larva of or railroad worm railroad worm1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Railroad-worm, the apple-maggot (larva of Trypeta pomonella): so called because it has spread along the lines of the railroads. 1905 S. A. Beach et al. Apples N.Y. I. 205 In portions of Eastern New York it is reported as being especially susceptible to the attacks of the apple maggot or railroad worm. 1944 E. N. Harvey in Jrnl. Cellular & Compar. Physiol. 23 31 (heading) The nature of the red and green luminescence of the South American ‘railroad worm’. 1973 C. A. Villee et al. Gen. Zool. (ed. 4) iv. 79/2 One of the more spectacular luminescent creatures is the ‘railroad worm’ of Uruguay. 1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries v. 195 The apple trees in the back garden are sprayed each season against railroad worm. < as lemmas |
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