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

单词

gallyworm

释义

galleyworm, gallyworm|ˈgælɪwɜːm|
[f. galley n. + worm n., from the resemblance to a galley propelled by numerous oars.]
An insect of the class Myriapoda; an iulus.
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1047 All these Gally⁓worms, if they be touched roll themselves up, and become round.1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 17 Gally-worm, the brown Iulus, with a hundred legs on each side.1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VII. 303 The Gally worm differs from the scolopendra, in having double the number of feet.1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvi. 66 De Geer..thinks that the common Julus [foot-note J. terrestris], or Gallyworm feeds upon earth.1873Dawson Earth & Man vi. 136 Galley-worms or millipedes; wingless, many-jointed, and many-footed crawlers, resembling worms, but more allied to insects.

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