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Webster 1913 Edition
Trichoptera
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Tri-chop′te-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
τρίξ
, 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.
Definition 2024
Trichoptera
Trichoptera
Translingual
Limnephilus lunatus (suborder Integripalpia)
Proper noun
Trichoptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Panorpida – the caddis flies.
Hypernyms
- (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade
Hyponyms
- (order): Annulipalpia, Integripalpia (suborders)