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Definition of Mecopterous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to mecopterans.
Definition of Mecopterous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the mecopterans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mecopterous
Literary usage of Mecopterous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"There is nothing, however, to prevent the belief that they developed from the
same mecopterous branch which culminated in the ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"mecopterous insects have four wings with many veins. The most striking peculiarity
is the great prolongation of the head into a stout beak-like organ at the ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1899)
"... Lepidopterous wings " may have had a generalised prototype very like the
mecopterous wing." Meyrick also refers to the close similarity existing between ..."
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