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| 单词 | tarantula-hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmastarantula-hawk tarantula-hawk n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > superfamily Pompiloidea or family Pompiliidae > member of genus Pepsis (tarantula-hawk) tarantula-killer1867 tarantula-hawk1878 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 198 The tarantula hawk..pounces upon his victim and makes a needle-cushion of him. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 8 June 9/1 A large wasp, known..as a ‘tarantula hawk’, was victor over a tarantula in a battle. 1980 F. H. Wagner Wildlife of Deserts 148 Formidable as the tarantula is, it has its own enemies. The large tarantula hawk wasp (Pepsis) feeds the spiders to its young. < as lemmas |
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