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Webster 1913 Edition


Stylops


Sty′lops

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a pillar + [GREEK], [GREEK], the eye.]
(Zool.)
A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See
Strepsiptera
.