单词 | quadripennate |
释义 | † quadripennaten.adj. Entomology. Obsolete. rare. A. n. An insect having four wings; spec. an insect belonging to Latreille's group Quadripennia, having four wings and lacking wing cases (including the orders Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and ‘ Neuroptera’). ΚΠ 1842 R. Owen in W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1007/1 Quadripennates, Quadripennes, the name of a section of Anelytrous insects, including those which have four wings. B. adj. Having four wings. ΚΠ 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Quadripennate, having four wings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1842 |
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