单词 | rye-worm |
释义 | > as lemmasrye-worm rye-worm n. now rare the larva of the widespread gout fly, Chlorops pumilionis (family Chloropidae), which causes damage to the growing plants and young ears of various cereals and grasses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Chloropidae > member of family Oscinis (fruit-fly) > larva of oscinis pumilionis rye-worm1856 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 779/2 The rye-worms..are the larvæ of little flies called Oscinis pumilionis. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 5/2 The appearance of the rye-worm is notified over several hundreds of acres. 1976 B. Oinas & F. J. Oinas tr. G. Ränk Old Estonia vi. 122 Beginning with the Worm—St. Mary's Day..in September, the rye-worms were said to disappear. < as lemmas |
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