单词 | cabbage-tree worm |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage-tree worm ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > flesh of other animals > [noun] > grubs cabbage-tree worm1796 witchetty1891 bardy1926 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that devours cabbage cabbage worm1668 cabbage-tree worm1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 23 Groe-groe, or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam..In taste they partake of all the spices of India..these worms are produced in all the palm-trees, when beginning to rot. 1865 F. Cowan Curious Facts Hist. Insects 69 Its larva, called the Grou-grou, or Cabbage-tree worm..resides in the tenderest part of the smaller palm-trees. < as lemmas |
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