mecopterann.adj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈkɒptərən/, U.S.

/məˈkɑptər(ə)n/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mecoptera n., -an suffix.

Etymology: < Mecoptera n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier mecopterous adj.The form mecopteron , found in some dictionaries, was perhaps formed in order to supply a singular to Mecoptera n.

Entomology.

A. n.

An insect of the order Mecoptera.

ΚΠ

1928 G. H. Carpenter Biol. Insects xii. 340 Tillyard has lately (1926) pointed out that the North American fossil Metropator [sc. a fossil wing]..must have belonged to a Mecopteran.

1952 Ecol. Monogr. 22 33/2 Panorpa nebulosa was the only mecopteran recorded.

1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects xii. 350 Copulation in certain mecopterans is preceded by elaborate courtship precedures that may involve nuptial feeding.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the order Mecoptera.

ΚΠ

1960 H. Oldroyd tr. R. Jeannel Introd. Entomol. x. 297 Two of the three Sub-Orders consist of Mecopteran lines that have led on to the living genera.

1970 E. F. Riek in Insects of Austral. (Commonw. Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxxii. 636/2 The compound eyes of mecopteran larvae are most diagnostic, as this is an unusual development in endopterygote insects.

1990 Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 34 121 The studies concerned species composition, abundance and dominance structure of mecopteran communities in the canopy layer in the examined habitats.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mecopteran
释义	mecopterann.adj. Brit. /mᵻˈkɒptərən/, U.S. /məˈkɑptər(ə)n/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mecoptera n., -an suffix. Etymology: < Mecoptera n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier mecopterous adj.The form mecopteron , found in some dictionaries, was perhaps formed in order to supply a singular to Mecoptera n. Entomology. A. n. An insect of the order Mecoptera. ΚΠ 1928 G. H. Carpenter Biol. Insects xii. 340 Tillyard has lately (1926) pointed out that the North American fossil Metropator [sc. a fossil wing]..must have belonged to a Mecopteran. 1952 Ecol. Monogr. 22 33/2 Panorpa nebulosa was the only mecopteran recorded. 1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects xii. 350 Copulation in certain mecopterans is preceded by elaborate courtship precedures that may involve nuptial feeding. B. adj. Of or relating to the order Mecoptera. ΚΠ 1960 H. Oldroyd tr. R. Jeannel Introd. Entomol. x. 297 Two of the three Sub-Orders consist of Mecopteran lines that have led on to the living genera. 1970 E. F. Riek in Insects of Austral. (Commonw. Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxxii. 636/2 The compound eyes of mecopteran larvae are most diagnostic, as this is an unusual development in endopterygote insects. 1990 Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 34 121 The studies concerned species composition, abundance and dominance structure of mecopteran communities in the canopy layer in the examined habitats. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1928
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