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.
Recent Examples of plankton from the Web. 1  Quagga and zebra mussels, which arrived in Lake Erie during the 1980s, filter micro-nutrients and plankton, allowing more sunlight for algal bloom growth and leaving less food available for young walleye and yellow perch.