flesh out-add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation. elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, enlarge, expand.
Cecropia caterpillars grow into one of the largest moths in the state of New York. The larvae consume a variety of shrubs and trees, including ash, beech, birch, cherry, dogwood and maple. When fully grown, cecropia caterpillars get as long as 1.5 inches.
Tiny, non-biting flies, fungus gnats feed and breed in the soil of house and greenhouse plants such as cyclamens, poinsettias, salvia, geraniums and ornamental peppers, explained Amy Dreves, an Oregon State University entomologist.