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Definition of leatherjacket in English: leatherjacketnounˈlɛðədʒakɪtˈlɛðərˌdʒækət 1British The tough-skinned larva of a large crane fly. It lives in the soil, where it feeds on plant matter and can seriously damage the roots of grasses and crops. 〈英〉大蚊幼虫 Genus Tipula, family Tipulidae Example sentencesExamples - In August gardeners may see clouds of daddy-long-legs emerging from lawns in the early morning and this, as well as the listed damage, are sure signs of leatherjacket infestation.
- A cultural control to use is covering a well-watered patch of grass overnight with a sheet of black plastic or a tarpaulin, so the leatherjackets rise to the surface into the moist space.
- For the past several years leatherjackets have been a problem for most coastal nurseries.
- These tiny nematodes will clear your lawn and flower beds of leatherjackets - without harming anything else.
- During the day, leatherjackets mostly stay underground, but on damp, warm nights they come to the surface to feed on the aboveground parts of many plants.
2Any of a number of tough-skinned marine fishes. 硬皮海鱼，尤指 a filefish or triggerfish (family Balistidae). a fish of the jack family (Carangidae), in particular a slender fish of American coastal waters, with a greenish back and a bright yellow tail (Oligoplites saurus). Example sentencesExamples - The leatherjackets and wrasses continued their work below them, as tiny tubularia hydroids waved their tentacles from the hull.
- A solitary leatherjacket was spotted on the deck, and it relished biting into my finger, which was cut on some of the sharp metal deeper in the ship.
- The wharf's pylons are shrouded in vivid sponges, host crabs, nudibranchs and pygmy leatherjackets - tiny fish that hang on to weed or sponge by their teeth.
- Mosaic leatherjackets hovered, asleep in nearly every steel beam.
- There are four types of leatherjackets usually kept at the Marine Discovery Centre.
Definition of leatherjacket in US English: leatherjacketnounˈlɛðərˌdʒækətˈleT͟Hərˌjakət 1British The tough-skinned larva of a large crane fly. It lives in the soil, where it feeds on plant matter and can seriously damage the roots of grasses and crops. 〈英〉大蚊幼虫 Genus Tipula, family Tipulidae Example sentencesExamples - These tiny nematodes will clear your lawn and flower beds of leatherjackets - without harming anything else.
- A cultural control to use is covering a well-watered patch of grass overnight with a sheet of black plastic or a tarpaulin, so the leatherjackets rise to the surface into the moist space.
- In August gardeners may see clouds of daddy-long-legs emerging from lawns in the early morning and this, as well as the listed damage, are sure signs of leatherjacket infestation.
- For the past several years leatherjackets have been a problem for most coastal nurseries.
- During the day, leatherjackets mostly stay underground, but on damp, warm nights they come to the surface to feed on the aboveground parts of many plants.
2Any of a number of tough-skinned marine fishes. 硬皮海鱼，尤指 a filefish or triggerfish (family Balistidae) a fish of the jack family (Carangidae), in particular a slender fish of American coastal waters, with a greenish back and a bright yellow tail (Oligoplites saurus) Example sentencesExamples - The wharf's pylons are shrouded in vivid sponges, host crabs, nudibranchs and pygmy leatherjackets - tiny fish that hang on to weed or sponge by their teeth.
- Mosaic leatherjackets hovered, asleep in nearly every steel beam.
- There are four types of leatherjackets usually kept at the Marine Discovery Centre.
- A solitary leatherjacket was spotted on the deck, and it relished biting into my finger, which was cut on some of the sharp metal deeper in the ship.
- The leatherjackets and wrasses continued their work below them, as tiny tubularia hydroids waved their tentacles from the hull.
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