英语词汇“sphingid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sphingid

/ˈsfɪndʒɪd

noun Entomology

A moth of the hawkmoth family (Sphingidae).He inferred from this that both sphingids and hummingbirds are approaching the limit of aerodynamic performance for animals in their size range....

The majority of species are active in the late evening or in the darkness of the night, and sphingids were assumed to use olfaction rather than vision to find and recognise flowers.
More than one half of the sphingids presented pollen from only one or two species of plants.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin Sphingidae (plural), from Greek Sphinx (see sphinx).

单词	sphingid
释义	sphingid /ˈsfɪndʒɪd / noun Entomology A moth of the hawkmoth family (Sphingidae).He inferred from this that both sphingids and hummingbirds are approaching the limit of aerodynamic performance for animals in their size range.... The majority of species are active in the late evening or in the darkness of the night, and sphingids were assumed to use olfaction rather than vision to find and recognise flowers. More than one half of the sphingids presented pollen from only one or two species of plants. Origin Early 20th century: from modern Latin Sphingidae (plural), from Greek Sphinx (see sphinx).
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