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单词 rose beetle
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rose beetlen.

Brit. /ˈrəʊz ˌbiːtl/, U.S. /ˈroʊz ˌbid(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rose n.1, beetle n.2
Etymology: < rose n.1 + beetle n.2
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a. = rose chafer n. 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of subfamily Cetoniinae or genus Cetonia > cetonia aurata (rose-chafer)
dora1450
rose fly1680
rose chafer1704
rose-bug1706
rose beetle?1735
goldsmith1799
goldsmith beetle1841
?1735 B. Godfrey Miscellanea vere Utilia ii. 71 He saw a Boy take a Scarabæus Rosaceus, or Rose Beetle, which he wrapt up in Butter, and gave to a Dog.
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 3 Buffon asserts their fondness for the Rose Beetle.
1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 3) I. ix. 259 A similar diet is furnished to the grubs of the rose-beetle (Cetonia aurata).
1884 Leisure Hour Jan. 48/1 The most expensive beetles are the Cetonias, or Rose-beetles, of the Eastern Archipelago and Africa.
1921 Nature 17 Nov. 366/1 Such beetles include the rose beetle (Cetonia aurata), many Buprestids, and other common insects.
1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals i. iii. 42 I asked what the rose-beetles were for, and why he had them tied with pieces of cotton.
2008 D. Hillel & C. Rosenzweig in E. Chivian & A. Bernstein Sustaining Life viii. 342 (caption) Common rose beetle (Cetonia aurata L.) on white cherry flowers.
b. North American. = rose chafer n. 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > member of (cockchafer)
chaferc1000
kafer1599
cockchafer1668
miller1668
May-bug1688
May-beetle1720
oak-web1720
humbuzz1756
May-chafer1766
dor-beetle1774
locust1790
fern-web1796
melolonthian1841
lamellicorn1842
furze-owl1847
rose beetle1856
melolonthid1928
billywitch1933
1856 A. Fitch 2nd Rep. Noxious & Other Insects N.Y. 248 Rose-beetle would be the most appropriate name by which to designate it.
1875 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1874 125 Rose beetles, Macrodactylus subspinus, were quite injurious to cultivated grapes in Washington, Kansas.
1918 F. E. Lutz Field Bk. Insects 331 The Rose Beetle..also feeds on grape blossoms.
1989 J. M. Campbell et al. Canad. Beetles 343 Macrodactylus subspinosus (Fabricius) rose chafer (rose beetle).
2. North American. With distinguishing word: any of several weevils (family Curculionidae) which are injurious to roses and other plants; esp. (in full Fuller rose beetle) Pantomorus cervinus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > destructive to plants
rose beetle1879
beech-weevil1882
vine-weevil1882
1879 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1878 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 255 Fuller's Rose Beetle. (Aramigus Fulleri, Horn.)... Mr. Fuller had found it in greenhouses.
1914 Citrus Fruits under Irrigation (Internat. Libr. Technol.) §24. 49 A grayish-brown beetle known as Fuller's rose beetle is a pest of citrus trees.
1989 J. M. Campbell et al. Canad. Beetles 195 Merhynchites bicolor (Fabricius) rose curculio (black-snouted rose beetle).
2004 Pests of Landscape Trees & Shrubs (Univ. Calif. Div. Agric.) (ed. 2) 94/2 Fuller rose beetle is found in the southern and western states on many hosts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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