| 单词 |
triatomid |
| 释义 |
triatomid, a. (n.)|traɪˈætəmɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Triatomidæ, f. generic name Triatoma (F. L. Laporte 1832, in Mag. Zool. II. ix. 11), f. tri- + Gr. τέµνειν to cut, in allusion to the antennæ of the insects: see -id3.]
Of or pertaining to the family Triatomidæ, now usually included in the family Reduviidæ. Also as n., a blood-sucking assassin bug of the family Triatomidæ, which includes several vectors of disease.
1955Sci. News Let. 29 Oct. 280/1 The blood-suckers are triatomid bugs and are known to carry the germs from animals, such as opossums, to man. 1961E. R. & G. A. Noble Parasitol. xv. 726 Some triatomids..obtain meals by tapping the blood-engorged bodies of other arthropods. 1971P. C. C. Garnham Progress in Parasitology iii. 30 In the State of São Paulo..the writer saw typical dwellings in which the incidence of the infection was 19 per cent in the dogs, 16 per cent in the cats, and nearly 100 per cent in the triatomid bugs. 1974F. Pifano in K. Elliott et al. Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis 77 The source of food of the triatomids captured in the palm trees was investigated with the precipitin test. |
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