| 单词 |
Neuroptera |
| 释义 |
‖ Neuroptera, n. pl. Ent.|njʊˈrɒptərə|
[mod.L., f. neuro- + Gr. πτέρον wing.]
An order of insects, having four naked membranous transparent wings, with reticulate neuration.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 69 Tetraptera. Insects having four wings. Class the Third, Neuroptera. Those which have membranaceous wings, with nerves and veins disposed in a reticulated form in them. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IX. 253/1 The fourth class of insects (neuroptera) may be killed with spirit of wine. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iii. (1818) I. 67 Neuroptera consisting of Dragon-flies, Ant-lions, Ephemeræ, &c. 1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 573 In the Neuroptera these wings have their surface furnished with a very fine net-work. 1870H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 302 The earliest known insects..consist of the remains of Neuroptera.
Hence neuˈropteral a., neuropterous (Webster 1828–32). neuˈropteran, a neuropterous insect. neuˈropterist, a student of the Neuroptera. neuˈropteroid a., resembling the Neuroptera. neuropteroˈlogical a., pertaining to neuropteˈrology, the scientific study of neuropterous insects (Mayne 1857).
1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., *Neuropteran.
1895Science Gossip Apr. 49 An important article..especially to *neuropterists. 1897Naturalist 115 All our present-day British neuropterists and trichopterists.
1889Nicholson & Lydekker Palæont. I. 594 The *Neuropteroid section..includes a number of Palæozoic insects. |
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