What does scare-sleep mean?
Scare-sleep means (obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria)..
The other was a large fly, which Madam Merian, who gives a drawing of it, calls the vielleur, but which I have generally heard called the ſcare-ſleep by the Dutch.
The great lantern-fly (Fulgora laternaria), from its noise in the evening—nearly resembling the sound of a cymbal, or razor-grinder when at work—is called Scare-sleep by the Dutch in Guiana.
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Scare-sleep means (obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria)..
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The other was a large fly, which Madam Merian, who gives a drawing of it, calls the vielleur, but which I have generally heard called the ſcare-ſleep by the Dutch.
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