| 单词 | black swallowtail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack swallowtail black swallowtail n. a common North American swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes asterius, which has chiefly black wings with narrow bands of yellow spots; also called parsnip swallowtail.The larva is the parsleyworm. ΚΠ 1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist xii. 184 Another species, the Black Swallowtail (Papilio Asterius), is likewise found in Newfoundland and in the Southern States. 1930 A. H. Clark New Evol. xiv. 141 In that restricted group of swallowtails which includes our common black or parsnip swallowtail..all of the species except three feed on umbelliferous plants. 2003 Daily Herald (Chicago) 24 Aug. v. 1/2 She started..raising black swallowtail butterflies when she began noticing them laying eggs on her dill plants. < as lemmas |
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