| 单词 | water insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater insect water insect n. ΚΠ 1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Idea Pract. Physick iii. 9/2 Or Water-Insects [L. Insecta..Aquatica], as the Horse-Leech, Hippocampe, Sea-star, &c. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 166 Whether it be that they [sc. gold and silver fish] feed on the water-insects, too minute for our observation, or [etc.]. 1818 Compend. Zool. (new ed.) iii. 243 They feed on river flies, and other water insects. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects iii. 75 Those water insects which require atmospheric air are termed ‘false aquatics’. 2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 1667 The horizontal surfaces of red and black cars are highly attractive to red-blind polarotactic water insects. < as lemmas |
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