| 单词 | surface worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface worm surface worm n. (a) a gribble (genus Limnoria); (b) = surface caterpillar n.; (c) a worm found at or near the surface of the ground, ocean, etc. 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 1859 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 18 85 The Limnoria Terebrans, or surface worm, as it is often called, but which, in fact, is a species of shrimp. 1880 Nature 15 Apr. 569/1 There are surface-worms, hydroids, bryozoa, barnacles, and fish represented by close allies on the deep-sea bottom. 1881 Trans. Wisconsin State Agric. Soc. 19 480 In Europe they are called surface worms or grubs, because they are found in the destructive period of their existence near the surface of the ground. 1961 Dock & Harbour Authority July 89/1 A common gribble or sea louse resembling the wood louse in appearance, sometimes known as the ‘surface worm’ in spite of its being slipper-shaped. 2007 S. J. Arceivala & S. R. Asolekar Wastewater Treatm. (ed. 3) x. 290 Surface worms assimilate a small part of the ingested material and excrete out the rest as a granular ‘cast’. < as lemmas |
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