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Webster 1913 Edition


Phryganeides


Phrygˊa-ne′i-des

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.
Phryganea
, the typical genus, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a dry stick.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; – called also
Trichoptera
. See
Trichoptera
.
[Written also
Phryganides
.]