mealworm

n. 大黄粉虫幼体

发音

/ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/

词形变化

mealworms 复数 mealworms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.

    黄粉虫

    We buy mealworms to supplement our chickens' feed ration, and they do some scratching in the yard to find other bugs too.

  2. 2.

    This or any other larva that looks similar and is found in similar circumstances (i.e., in meal, in flour, in food, in the pantry, in feed, in the feedroom), such as the larva of a mealmoth (flour moth).

    非正式

    Near-synonym: waxworm

    They'd seen a few mealmoths and mealworms in recent days, and then they figured out that the cornflakes in the pantry were the source of the problem.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

larva

相关短语

mealworm beetle mealworm beetles

词源

From meal + worm.

来源：wiktionary