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单词 black dolphin fly
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black dolphin fly
black dolphin n. (a) (more fully black dolphin fly) a black aphid, a blackfly; spec. the bean aphid, Aphis fabae; (now rare); (b) any of several marine dolphins (family Delphinidae) with black skin; esp. the long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas, and the Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia.
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1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) Aug. 45 The Shrimp or green Fly took the Pease, as the Black Dolphin, or Collier Fly, did the Beans.
1820 New Family Receipt-bk. (new ed.) 261 When the young shoots of standard cherry trees, or any other trees, are covered with the black dolphin flies, an infusion is made with the leaves and stalks of tobacco.
1851 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) II. xxix. 266 The Grind or black dolphin has been known to run ashore in hundreds in the bays of Faroe, Orkney, and Shetland.
1904 Encycl. Americana III. at Caaing whale The whole of the body is of a glossy black color, and hence the fish is frequently known as the blackfish..or black dolphin.
1919 Board Agric. & Fisheries Leaflet No. 104. 2 The Bean Aphis, known variously as Black Fly, Collier, and Black Dolphin.
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 476/2 The Black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia ), one of the smallest cetaceans, ranges from the Strait of Magellan north to Valparaiso, Chile.
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