| 单词 | timber-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmastimber-worm timber-worm n. a ‘worm’ or larva injurious to timber. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > which bores in wood Teredo1398 timber-worm1530 wood-worm1540 moch1637 wood grub1956 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 281/1 Tymbre worme. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 23 Before thou wast, were Timber-worms in price? 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1083 The Philosopher saith that Kis is a little Creature bred in wood, like Worms bred in Corn; the English call them Timber-worms, because they are seldome in any wood but that which is cut, and prepared for building. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 55 Cossi, Timber-worms. < as lemmas |
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