| 单词 | exuviae |
| 例句 | On a recent pondside walk, Brand came upon various dragonfly exuviae — the outer casings of young dragonflies. It’s time to slow down and appreciate nature’s tiny marvels 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Unlike us, insects molt as they grow up, producing a series of crinkly silhouettes of their outgrown exoskeletons, also called exuviae. Insect Trash Could Be a Farmer’s Treasure 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The cast skin is often called the exuviae. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The whole surface is covered with the small, round, green exuviae of these destructive invaders. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Pellicles: the exuviae or cast larval skins of many insects: in Coccidae more especially applied to the hardened larval skin attached to the puparia of Diaspinae. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The final step in the metamorphosis, if all goes well: The case splits open, and the winged creature molts, ready to take its first flight in pursuit of prey, leaving the exuviae behind. It’s time to slow down and appreciate nature’s tiny marvels 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z When insects molt, their exuviae contain chitin, a hard polymer that also makes up the shells of crustaceans like shrimp. Insect Trash Could Be a Farmer’s Treasure 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Your posterity is not your own; it is the delegated exuviae of God. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 In all the regions of the globe, immense masses are found, which, though at present in the most solid state, appear to have been formed by the collection of the calcareous exuviae of marine animals. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) Broken sea shells and other exuviae of marine animals are apparent throughout the whole mass. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 These visible films or membranous exuviae of objects, which the old philosophers talked about, have no real existence, separable from their illuminated source, and perish instantly when it is withdrawn. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 By these they take in their food and discharge the exuviae. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Its throes will heave our exuviae from their graves. Walden These strata consist of the accumulated exuviae of shell-fish, the animals perished age after age but their shells remained, and in progression of time produced the amazing quantities of lime-stone which almost cover the earth. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Our thoughts should soar upward with the butterfly,—not linger with the exuviae that confined him. Chippings with a Chisel (From "Twice Told Tales") According to Dr. Shaw, the upper strata of rocks on the hills along the coast are composed of a soft chalky substance, including a great variety of corals, shells, and other marine exuviae. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Standing by her mother's grave, she often repeated to herself "seu potius exuviae," and wondered whether her father's faith in science excluded the hope of that old-world reasoning. The Crown of Life I have now to speak of the uses and effects of animal exuviae, and vegetable matters or manures—properly so called. Familiar Letters on Chemistry Parts separating—exuviae—waste vegetable matters—together contain all the elements of the soil and of food. Familiar Letters on Chemistry If, however, we could procure from other sources the substances which give to the exuviae of man and animals their value in agriculture, we should not need the latter. Familiar Letters on Chemistry |
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