| 单词 |
pompilid |
| 释义 |
pompilid, n. and a. Zool.|ˈpɒmpɪlɪd| Also Pompilid. [ad. mod.L. family name Pompiliidæ, f. the generic name Pompilius (J. C. Fabricius Supplementum Entomologiæ Systematicæ (1798) 212), f. Gr. ποµπίλ-ος a fish which followed ships + -id3.] A. n. A predatory fossorial wasp belonging to the family Pompiliidæ. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this group of insects.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Pompilid n. & a. 1913Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 952/1 The specimens show the resemblance of the black red-banded Hemipteron to a common pattern of the Pompilid group of Fossorial Hymenoptera. 1924J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xxxv. 200 There are predatory wasps called Pompilids that hunt spiders. 1941W. S. Bristowe Comity of Spiders II. vii. 354 Spiders are the sole prey of Pompilids. 1962Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 19 Mar. 852/1 A Pompilid wasp and its spider prey from Trinidad. 1973J. P. Spradbery Wasps xiv. 307 Among some pompilids at least, considerable powers of orientation have been evolved. |

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