| 单词 | ruby-tail fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby-tail fly 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. < as lemmas |
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