| 单词 | snow-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow-worm snow-worm n. a worm frequenting or living among snow; esp. = ice worm n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > member of family Enchytraeidae snow-worm1608 ice worm1884 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 313 Old snow..will looke some-what dunne..and therefore the snow-wormes are of the same hiew. 1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. vii. 248 The most singular phenomenon of nature on Hindoo Koosh appears to be the snow-worm, which is described to resemble the silk-worm in its mature state. 1895 Cambridge Nat. Hist., Insects I. 194 The occurrence on snow and glaciers of Insects spoken of as snow-fleas, or snow-worms. 1899 H. G. Bryant in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 134 The snow-worms were first observed a few hundred yards from our first camp. 1916 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 35 102 Nothing definite is known concerning the food of these snow-worms. < as lemmas |
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