| 单词 | pseudoneuroptera | 
| 释义 | Pseudoneuropteran. Entomology. Now historical.   With singular agreement: a former order of insects resembling neuropterans but undergoing incomplete metamorphosis, which included mayflies, dragonflies, termites, etc. With plural agreement: insects of this order collectively. ΚΠ 1864    Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 3 202  				Many insects..exhibit distinct rudimentary wings before their final moult into the pupa state; and I believe it is generally so with Pseudoneuroptera and Orthoptera. 1877    Encycl. Brit. VII. 385/2  				Erichson transferred all the groups of so-called Neuroptera with incomplete metamorphoses, hence including the dragon-flies, as a division of Orthoptera, which he termed Pseudo-Neuroptera. 1926    R. S. Lull Org. Evol. xxvii. 442  				Order 5. Neuroptera. Similar to the Pseudoneuroptera, except that the metamorphosis is complete. 1951    Jrnl. Paleontol. 25 336/1  				Brongniart..originally assigned the group [Megasecopterida] to the Order Pseudoneuroptera. DerivativesΚΠ 1864    Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 3 202  				Probably from the fact of there being no external wings in this insect, as in all other known Pseudoneuropterous pupæ, Dr. Hagen supposed it to be in the larval state. 1871    Amer. Naturalist 5 710  				Where..others..regard them [sc. Odonata] as Orthopterous. or Pseudoneuropterous, we would abide by embryological data to decide the question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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