| 单词 | booklouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbooklouse booklouse n. any of numerous minute insects constituting the order Psocoptera, esp. wingless forms that are commonly found among books, esp. old books; a psocid.figurative in quot. 1753: cf. bookworm n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > group Anoplura > order Psocoptera > member of woodlouse1666 booklouse1753 psocid1884 book mite1952 1753 J. Jortin Lett. to Author conc. Music of Ancients 34 in C. Avison Ess. Musical Expression (ed. 2) Barthius..was an excelllent Book-Louse. 1776 T. Cogan John Buncle I. 29 Book-Lice will crawl under burdens with ease, That would give you or me a most terrible squeeze. 1867 A. S. Packard in Amer. Naturalist 1 312 The little wingless book-louse (Atropos) scampering irreverently over the musty pages of his Systema Naturæ. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses ix. 179 Whereas the book lice feed on the paste and bindings of books, the outdoor forms are said to feed primarily on algae. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 141 Barklice and booklice are very common, small, squat, and soft-bodied insects. < as lemmas |
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