单词 | swarm-formation |
释义 | > as lemmasswarm-formation swarm-formation n. ΚΠ 1946 Nature 21 Sept. 423/1 The most important biological attribute of an outbreak centre is to provide conditions for survival and multiplication of locusts at those times when their range of dispersal is at a minimum, and also to provide conditions necessary for an increase in that range of dispersal (by swarm-formation). 1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action iii. 72 At least six species [of malaria-carrying mosquitoes] must be distinguished..some mating without swarm-formation, others requiring the stimulus of swarming. < as lemmas |
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