| 单词 | water moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater moth water moth n. [ < water n. + moth n.1; in sense (a) after post-classical Latin tinea aquatica (1575 in Gesner, or earlier)] †(a) a caddis fly (order Trichoptera) (obsolete); (b) the water veneer, Acentria ephemerella (family Crambidae), a small European moth with larvae and females which live in water. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Trichoptera > family Phryganeidae or genus Phryganea > member of (caddis-fly) mayfly1640 water moth1668 trout-fly1746 cadew1775 caddis-fly1787 caseworm fly1828 caperer1856 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 58 Tinea aquatica, the Water-Moth. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 216 The Water-Moths and their larvæ are well known to the angler as bait, under the names of Caddice-Flies and Caddice-Worms. 1983 J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson et al. Nightwatch v. 87/1 The most aquatic of all moths is the water moth, for in this species the female is wingless and lives below the surface. 2004 Jrnl. North Amer. Benthol. Soc. 23 151/1 The text provides enlightening discussions of..the remarkable mating behaviour of the nonwinged female water moth. < as lemmas |
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