单词 | cabbage butterfly |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage butterfly cabbage butterfly n. = cabbage white n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris brassicae (cabbage butterfly) cabbage butterfly1703 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris rapae cabbage butterfly1703 1703 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani ix. 85 The Greater White Cabbage-Butterfly. This and the next produce Caterpillars which feed on the Cabbage. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvii. 475 The larva of the cabbage-butterfly (Papilio Brassicæ). 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies i. 110 Our common white butterfly is the Cabbage butterfly, so called because its larvæ feed on cabbage. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 271 The days shorten and the insect population grows sluggish and terminal, but for a few..aimlessly bobbing cabbage butterflies. < as lemmas |
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