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Webster 1913 Edition


Trichoptera

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Tri-chop′te-ra

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
τρίξ
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τριχός
, a hair + [GREEK] wing.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.