| 单词 | surface grub |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface grub surface grub n. now rare (a) = surface caterpillar n.; (b) a leatherjacket (crane fly larva). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > young > that live below surface of soil surface caterpillar1843 surface grub1843 surface worm1859 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 100 Among this portion of noxious insects are many large caterpillars, called by farmers and gardeners Surface-grubs, that commit very extensive depredations upon the turnips. 1889 J. Wrightson Fallow & Fodder Crops vi. 128 The surface grub, or leather jacket, is a formidable enemy of all the root crops. 1956 R. Sudell New Illustr. Gardening Encycl. (new ed.) 637/2 The chief pests [of the sweet violet] are red spiders and surface grubs. < as lemmas |
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