| 单词 | rat-tail maggot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-tail maggot rat-tail maggot n. a rat-tailed fly larva (see rat-tailed adj. 1b).Quot. 1797 represents an inaccurate transcription of quot. 1768 at rat-tailed adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1797 R. Polwhele Hist. Devonshire I. ix. 124 (note) Blowing flies and humble bees that come from the rat-tail maggot in gutters. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 122/1 Rat-tail maggot, the larva of a dipterous insect, Eristalis tenax. 1973 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 92 5 Some macroinvertebrates are more tolerant than others to pollution. The most resistant include..the rat-tail maggot Eristalis tenax. < as lemmas |
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