| 单词 | scuttle fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscuttle fly scuttle fly n. a small fly of the family Phoridae, whose members are distinguished from fruit flies by their habit of running briefly before taking flight; cf. phorid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] maggot fly1606 Diptera1813 scuttle fly1976 1976 R. H. L. Disney in Entomologist's Gaz. 27 91 (title) A further case of a nematoceran fly (Diptera: Sciaridae) parasitised by a species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae). 1997 New Scientist 22 Feb. 6/1 Scuttle flies hover above fire ants, waiting for a chance to dart down and lay an egg within the ant's head. < as lemmas |
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