leaf miner

英 美
  • 潜叶虫
  • leaf n.页;叶;金属薄片v.长叶;翻页
  • miner n.矿工
Noun:
  1. any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae

    1. Eyes and antennae barely reveal the head of the leaf insect Phyllium giganteum.
      眼睛和触角勉强显露出这只叶虫的头部。
    2. Early botanists believed that leaf insects actually incorporated the foliage they mimicked.
      早期植物学家认为叶虫实际上与他们所模仿的树叶合二为一。

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