| 单词 | water louse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater louse water louse n. any of various aquatic insects and crustaceans; (in later use) esp. any isopod crustacean of the genus Asellus, the members of which resemble woodlice. ΚΠ 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 46 (heading) Water-Cricket, Water-Lowse or Creeper. 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. June xi. 71 Of Water-lice.—I have often seen these, in stagnate Waters... They are very swift in Motion. 1855 Amer. Cotton Planter Apr. 117/1 Cistern water will have ‘wiggletails’ and what is called ‘water lice’. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) vii. 107 Such young water-lice are one of the best objects for observing the circulation of the blood in Crustacea. 2002 Dalesman Jan. 51/2 There were still many water lice around so the drinking water had to be strained through muslin—a process calling ‘sarling’—and hopefully boiled. < as lemmas |
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