单词 | simulium |
释义 | simulium|sɪˈmjʊlɪəm| [mod.L. (P. A. Latreille Hist. Nat. Crustacés & Insectes (1802) III. 426), f. L. simul-āre to imitate + -ium.] A small dark-coloured blood-sucking fly of the genus Simulium, which may be the vector of certain diseases. Also collect. Cf. buffalo fly s.v. buffalo n. 5.
1902L. O. Howard Insect Bk. 120 Simulium larvae frequent well aerated and frequently swiftly running streams. 1914G. D. H. Carpenter Jrnl. 26 July in Naturalist on Lake Victoria (1920) iv. 80, I went down to the rocky shore before breakfast, and was set upon by a swarm of viciously biting Simulium. 1932Riley & Johannsen Med. Entom. xviii. 292 The Simulium flies abound in hilly regions of swift-flowing, well-aerated water. 1955Times 8 July 9/7 The disease [sc. river blindness]..is caused by the bite of the simulium fly. 1977Observer (Colour Suppl.) 6 Mar. 47/1 The agile simulium can fly twice as far as was previously thought possible. |

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