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单词 Dictyoptera
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Definition of Dictyoptera in English:

Dictyoptera

plural nounˌdɪktɪˈɒptərəˌdiktēˈäptərə
Entomology
  • An order of insects that comprises the cockroaches and mantises. They have a somewhat flattened form, two pairs of wings, and long spiky legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But, morphological and molecular evidence indicates that monophyly of the Dictyoptera is well defined.
    • Rohdendorf and Hennig both hypothesized a relationship of the Dermaptera to the Dictyoptera (cockroaches, mantises, and termites).
    • Cockroaches, termites, and mantids form the well-accepted monophyletic group Dictyoptera.
    • The earwigs comprise an order of polyneopterous insects allied to the Dictyoptera and Grylloblattodea.
    • To date, 10 insect orders, Homoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Orthoptera, and Dictyoptera, have been recorded to be hosts of Cordyceps species.

Derivatives

  • dictyopteran

  • adjective & noun
    Entomology
    • Diplopods were predominant in biomass owing to the their large size, but spiders still constituted 27.8% of the total biomass, followed by coleopterans, dictyopterans, and scorpionids.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the dictyopterans species, however, intermediate features of granulocytes and spherulocytes led them to hypothesize a developmental relationship between both, as postulated by Gupta.
      • In addition, he found that since 1988 another 40 males pheromones attractive to females species were identified; 18 coleopterans, 12 dipterans, 7 hemipterans, 2 lepidopterans and 1 dictyopteran.
      • All are predatory, but the type of prey ranges from spiders to various dictyopterans or orthopteroids to caterpillars (of either Lepidoptera or other Hymenoptera).
      • The Insect House - at work, amidst the dictyopteran vistas and rows of captive orthoptera, where I sweep the floors, change the light bulbs, hold open the refuse sacks that the two curators fill with the detritus of insect life - this was where it all started.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Greek diktuon 'net' + pteron 'wing'.

 
 

Definition of Dictyoptera in US English:

Dictyoptera

plural nounˌdiktēˈäptərə
Entomology
  • An order of insects that comprises the cockroaches and mantises. They have a somewhat flattened form, two pairs of wings, and long spiky legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rohdendorf and Hennig both hypothesized a relationship of the Dermaptera to the Dictyoptera (cockroaches, mantises, and termites).
    • Cockroaches, termites, and mantids form the well-accepted monophyletic group Dictyoptera.
    • The earwigs comprise an order of polyneopterous insects allied to the Dictyoptera and Grylloblattodea.
    • To date, 10 insect orders, Homoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Orthoptera, and Dictyoptera, have been recorded to be hosts of Cordyceps species.
    • But, morphological and molecular evidence indicates that monophyly of the Dictyoptera is well defined.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Greek diktuon ‘net’ + pteron ‘wing’.

 
 
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