| 单词 | winter gnat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter gnat winter gnat n. any of various small crane flies of the Holarctic family Trichoceridae, which sometimes swarm on winter days; esp. the European Trichocera hiemalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Trichoceridae > trichocera hyemalis (winter gnat) winter gnat1817 winter midge1835 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvi. 443 A bright sun imparted animation to troops of the winter gnat (Trichocera hiemalis, Meig.), which frisked under every bush. 1926 A. H. Hamm in J. J. Walker Nat. Hist. Oxf. District 257 Four species of ‘Winter-gnats’ are always common from autumn to spring. 2015 Guardian 29 Dec. 36/2 Winter gnats belong to an order that is central to all biodiversity: the flies. < as lemmas |
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