paranotaladj.
/ˌparəˈnəʊtl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈnoʊdəl/, /ˌpɛrəˈnoʊtl/ Entomology.
Of or relating to paranota; spec. designating a hypothesis that the wings of insects evolved from paranota.
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paranotal1916
1916 G. C. Crampton in Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 24 8 I would refer to these lateral folds as the ‘paranota’... The theories dealing with this origin of the wings may therefore be referred to as the paranotal theories.
1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. Insect Morphol. viii. 158 A third stage was inaugurated with the transformation of the paranotal lobes of the mesothorax and the metathorax into movable organs of true flight.
1973 Nature 16 Nov. 127/1 He [sc. G. C. Crampton] pronounced judgment unequivocally in favour of the paranotal theory.
1992 Systematic Biol. 41 327/2 Lateral tergal folds or paranotal lobes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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