单词 | Myrmeleon |
释义 | Definition of Myrmeleon in English:Myrmeleonnoun məːˈmiːlɪən Entomology
OriginMid 18th century; earliest use found in Gilbert White (1720–1793), naturalist. From scientific Latin Myrmeleon (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 12, 1767) I. ii. 913), contracted from post-classical Latin myrmecoleon, mirmicoleon (Jerome's edition of the Vetus Latina of Job) from Hellenistic Greek μυρμηκολέων (Septuagint, Job 4:11, where the Masoretic text has Hebrew lāyiš mature or old lion) from ancient Greek μυρμηκο- + λέων. Definition of Myrmeleon in US English:Myrmeleonnounməːˈmiːlɪən Entomology
OriginMid 18th century; earliest use found in Gilbert White (1720–1793), naturalist. From scientific Latin Myrmeleon (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 12, 1767) I. ii. 913), contracted from post-classical Latin myrmecoleon, mirmicoleon (Jerome's edition of the Vetus Latina of Job) from Hellenistic Greek μυρμηκολέων (Septuagint, Job 4:11, where the Masoretic text has Hebrew lāyiš mature or old lion) from ancient Greek μυρμηκο- + λέων. |
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