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Webster 1913 Edition
Strepsiptera
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Strep-sip′te-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a turning (fr. [GREEK] to twist) + [GREEK] a wing.]
(Zool.)
A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; – called also
Rhipiptera
. See Illust. under Rhipipter
. Definition 2024
Strepsiptera
Strepsiptera
Translingual
Strepsiptera example
(from family Halictophagidae
(from family Halictophagidae
Proper noun
Strepsiptera
- The strepsipterans
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Holometabola.
Hypernyms
- (order in Holometabola): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Protoxenidae, Cretostylopidae, Mengeidae, Bahiaxenidae, Mengenillidae, Stylopidae, Bohartillidae, Corioxenidae, Halictophagidae, Callipharixenidae, Elenchidae, Myrmecolacidae - families