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单词 neuropteran
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neuropterann.adj.

Brit. /njᵿˈrɒpt(ə)rən/, /njʊəˈrɒpt(ə)rən/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑptər(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Neuroptera n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Neuroptera n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier neuropter n., neuropterous adj.
Entomology.
A. n.
An insect of the order Neuroptera.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > member of
white ant1625
neuropter1828
neuropteran1842
neuropteroid1901
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 822/2 Neuropterans, Neuroptera.
1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 29 382 This one is the tracheal loop which supplies the wings, and is shown in diagrammatic condition by the very primitive Neuropteran, Chauliodes.
1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 255 The Coleoptera have also been thought to have arisen independently of the other Endopterygote insects..but..other authorities favour a derivation from Neuropteran-like insects.
1978 Nature 16 Mar. 208/3 This is a beautiful and detailed example of coevolution involving three species: ants, aphids and neuropterans.
1992 Ecology 73 1342/2 Neuropterans never made up more than 13% of any individual's diet.
B. adj.
Belonging to the order Neuroptera; of or relating to (insects of) the order Neuroptera.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Neuroptera Neuropteran a. & n.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 434/2 The campodeiform larvae of many Coleoptera are..far more primitive than the neuropteran larvae.
1942 Amer. Naturalist 76 600 In Macronemurus appendiculatus—a Neuropteran insect—the male has chromosomes which are more contracted and chiasmata which are more terminalized than the female.
1985 Jrnl. Mammalogy 66 451 Samples contained coleopteran, lepidopteran and neuropteran fragments.
1995 Biol. Control 5 245 To conserve the precarious endemic Hawaiian lacewing fauna, special care should be taken to avoid introducing Telenomus parasitoids of neuropteran eggs into Hawaii.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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