| 单词 | thunderbug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunderbug thunderbug n. dialect (a) U.S. a horsefly; (b) a midge. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Chironomidae > member of (midge) midgeeOE thunderbug1837 curse1889 midgy1893 chironomid1925 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly) breezea800 stoutc1000 horsefly1382 gad-bee1510 gadfly1569 brimse1579 wag-leg1585 breeze-fly1587 breame1589 beast-fly1658 burrel-fly1658 whame1658 gad-breeze1665 bree1678 garabee1692 gad1830 thunderbug1837 ox-warble1840 March fly1852 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 71 Horse Fly.—..Of these there are five kinds.—1st. the large black, called thunder bug, an inch long. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 66 Those thunder-bugs did kiddle [sc. tickle] me so. 1974 P. Haines Tea at Gunter's xx. 214 Outside the air was still heavy; there were thunderbugs everywhere... I felt them settle on my skin, my hair. < as lemmas |
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