| 单词 | wood-worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood-worm wood-worm n. an insect larva or other invertebrate, as the ship-worm (see Teredo n.), which bores in wood (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > which bores into wood wood-worm1540 wood-fretter1611 art-worm1620 arter1622 moch1637 woodlouse1666 pileworm1733 wood-borer1850 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 1540 Septem Ling. Dict. D vj Teredo..a woodworme. 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iii. ii. sig. E4v Now skelder yee scounderels,..you wood-wormes. 1735 J. Swift Misc. Prose & Verse V. 74 An Insect we call a Wood-Worm, That lies in old Wood like a Hare in her Form. 1855 R. Browning Mesmerism 7 At night, when..the wood-worm picks, And the death-watch ticks. < as lemmas |
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