【00001】Super Encyclopedia【00002】The origin of the name of "Men's Hat Jellyfish"? Monk's hat jellyfish, this jellyfish has a floating sac at the top, just like the hat of a monk (lama), hence the name. Similarly, sail jellyfish, like monk's hat jellyfish, also has a floating sac.

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【00002】The origin of the name " Monk's Hat Jellyfish "?

Monk's hat jellyfish . There is a floating sac at the top of this jellyfish, just like the hat of a monk (lama), hence the name. Similarly, sail jellyfish , this jellyfish also has a floating sac, like the monk's hat jellyfish. This sac is hard and looks like a sail. Jellyfish can be used to flutter with the wind, so it is called sail jellyfish.

【00003】 Nighthawk Why is it also called " Mosquito "?

mosquito , also known as mosquito , that is, nighthawk , also known as mosquito . "Hidden in the morning and out at night, preying on mosquitoes and flies. In the old days, I thought this bird vomited mosquitoes, so it was named." Nighthawk likes to eat mosquitoes. Maybe the ancients often saw this bird with a large group of mosquitoes around it (or it was catching mosquitoes with a big mouth in flight), so it was called Mosquito Spit Birth or Mosquito Mosquito . The actual situation is that nighthawks like to catch mosquitoes (the places where they appear are also places where there are many mosquitoes), so there are a bunch of mosquitoes in the stomach (someone once found more than 500 mosquitoes in a nighthawk's stomach). I thought it was the mother of a mosquito and would give birth to a bunch of mosquitoes, so I called it the "mosquito mother".

【00004】The origin of the name " Mosquito Female Tree "?

Similar to this, there is also a tree in China called Mosquito Tree (Mosquito Tree) . According to legend, mosquitoes will grow in its fruits, so it is called Mosquito Tree. For example, Tang Li Zhao "Tang Guoshi Supplement": "There is also a mosquito tree in the south, which is actually loquat . When it is ripe, it will crack itself, and the mosquitoes will all come out and the shell will be empty." "Lingnan Foreign Objects·Mosquito Tree": " There are trees like holly , which grow in the branches and are shaped like loquats. They will crack whenever they are ripe, and mosquitoes fly, only the skin. The natives call them mosquito trees. Similarly, mosquito female weed , Because "it is said that there are insects and mosquitoes in this grass leaf", it is called.