| 单词 |
bag-worm |
| 释义 |
ˈbag-worm U.S. [bag n. 1.] The larva of American lepidoptera of the family Psychidæ (esp. Thyridopteryx and Œceticus), injurious to trees, which builds as a portable habitation a silken case or sac covered with little twigs and leaves. Called also basket-worm, drop-worm.
1862Congress. Globe Jan. 232 On the avenue and in the parks you will find the evergreen trees..being destroyed by the bag-worm. 1871Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 158 The young Hokums was jest like bag-worms, the more they growed the more they eat. 1884H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 384 Basket or bag-worms. 1897J. H. Comstock Insect Life 204 The Bag-worms, family Psychidæ. 1899Camb. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. vi. 394 One of the North American basket- or bag-worms Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. |

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