superworm

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The larva of the beetle Zophobas atratus, common in the pet industry as a food source for reptiles, amphibians, etc.
    — To find out, Dr. Rinke and his colleagues grew three groups of superworms in the lab. One group ate bran, one ate blocks of polystyrene and the third ate nothing. (The experiments were temporarily halted by hungry superworms’ tendency to turn cannibal; giving each unfed superworm its own private space allowed the study to continue.)

词形变化

superworms plural

词源

From super- + worm.
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