单词 | phalaena |
释义 | phalaena/fəˈliːnə/(also phalena) Entomology. Now historical noun Originally: a moth. In later use: a member of the former group Phalaena of moths, originally including all moths other than hawkmoths and later restricted to the geometrids and some pyralids; also (Phalaena), the group itself. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in John Rowland (fl. c1658). From post-classical Latin phalaena from Hellenistic Greek ϕάλαινα, variant (in late MSS) of ϕάλλαινα a moth, of uncertain origin. |
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