| 单词 | sprout hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmassprout hill ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill anthilleOE ant bedeOE pismire hill1440 maur-hill?c1475 maur house?c1475 ant heap1591 molehill1610 ant-hillock1656 bank1667 sprout hill1766 formicary1816 ant mound1830 formicarium1834 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 317 In wet weather these insects [sc. ants] accumulate cavernous heaps of sandy particles amongst the grass, called by the labourers, sprout-hills. 1847 J. M. Wilson Rural Cycl. I. 200/2 Little cumuli or heaps of sandy particles, called sprout hills, are sometimes formed in meadow or hay fields by ants in wet weather, and they very quickly blunt the edge of the scythe. < as lemmas |
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