ruby-tailn.

Brit.

/ˈruːbɪteɪl/, U.S.

/ˈrubiˌteɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ruby adj., tail n.¹

Etymology: < ruby adj. + tail n.¹

= ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of genus Chrysis (ruby-tailed fly)

golden wasp1773

golden fly1781

ruby-tail1826

ruby-tail fly1830

firetail1865

1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 39 The Chrysis, or ruby-tail, is found in sandy places.

1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 384 This insect, the Common Gold Wasp, or Ruby-tail,..is of a deep metallic bluish green colour, except the upper surface of the abdomen, which is bright red.

1901 Ann. Sc. Nat. Hist. Apr. 118 The Chrysididæ—those brilliant hymenopterous insects known as Ruby-tails and Gilded-wasps—seem to be poorly represented in Scotland.

1969 C. H. Andrewes Lives Wasps & Bees xi. 79 Somewhat apart from the other wandering wasps are the Chrysids, ruby-wasps or ruby-tails, all of them parasites of other wasps or of bees.

Compounds

ruby-tail fly n. now rare = ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

golden wasp1773

golden fly1781

ruby-tail1826

ruby-tail fly1830

firetail1865

1830 J. Rennie Insect Transformations i. iii. 54 We have often seen..the ruby-tail fly (Chrysis ignita), on approaching this vigilant sentinel, fly off in all haste.

1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 497 The beautiful Ruby-tail Flies, or Cuckoo Flies, so plentiful in summer about old walls and similar localities.

1913 W. A. Graham Siam (ed. 2) i. 82 The Ruby-tailed fly, a handsome green wasp with a dash of red at the end of the abdomen, does not build a cell itself.

ruby-tail wasp n. = ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1903 Nature 9 July 220/1 The small, but very beautiful, family of the Chrysididæ, or ruby-tail wasps; or, as Colonel Bingham calls them, the cuckoo-wasps.

1916 E. Step Marvels of Insect Life (rev. ed.) 468 The ‘deadly enemy’ [of the mason-wasp] is the brilliant little ruby-tail wasp.

2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 8 The UK has 300 of them [sc. wasps], from the ruby-tail, sand and tree wasps to the..common wasp and hornet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ruby-tail
释义	ruby-tailn. Brit. /ˈruːbɪteɪl/, U.S. /ˈrubiˌteɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ruby adj., tail n.¹ Etymology: < ruby adj. + tail n.¹ = ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of genus Chrysis (ruby-tailed fly) golden wasp1773 golden fly1781 ruby-tail1826 ruby-tail fly1830 firetail1865 1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 39 The Chrysis, or ruby-tail, is found in sandy places. 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 384 This insect, the Common Gold Wasp, or Ruby-tail,..is of a deep metallic bluish green colour, except the upper surface of the abdomen, which is bright red. 1901 Ann. Sc. Nat. Hist. Apr. 118 The Chrysididæ—those brilliant hymenopterous insects known as Ruby-tails and Gilded-wasps—seem to be poorly represented in Scotland. 1969 C. H. Andrewes Lives Wasps & Bees xi. 79 Somewhat apart from the other wandering wasps are the Chrysids, ruby-wasps or ruby-tails, all of them parasites of other wasps or of bees. Compounds ruby-tail fly n. now rare = ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > family Chrysididae > member of genus Chrysis (ruby-tailed fly) golden wasp1773 golden fly1781 ruby-tail1826 ruby-tail fly1830 firetail1865 1830 J. Rennie Insect Transformations i. iii. 54 We have often seen..the ruby-tail fly (Chrysis ignita), on approaching this vigilant sentinel, fly off in all haste. 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 497 The beautiful Ruby-tail Flies, or Cuckoo Flies, so plentiful in summer about old walls and similar localities. 1913 W. A. Graham Siam (ed. 2) i. 82 The Ruby-tailed fly, a handsome green wasp with a dash of red at the end of the abdomen, does not build a cell itself. ruby-tail wasp n. = ruby-tailed wasp n. at ruby-tailed adj. 2. ΚΠ 1903 Nature 9 July 220/1 The small, but very beautiful, family of the Chrysididæ, or ruby-tail wasps; or, as Colonel Bingham calls them, the cuckoo-wasps. 1916 E. Step Marvels of Insect Life (rev. ed.) 468 The ‘deadly enemy’ [of the mason-wasp] is the brilliant little ruby-tail wasp. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 8 The UK has 300 of them [sc. wasps], from the ruby-tail, sand and tree wasps to the..common wasp and hornet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826
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