Definition of Embioptera

1. Noun. Web spinners.

Exact synonyms: Embiodea, Order Embiodea, Order Embioptera
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Web Spinner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embioptera

Emanuel Svedberg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Embadomonas
Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway
Embden-Meyerhof pathway
Embden ester
Ember Day
Emberings
Emberiza
Emberiza aureola
Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza hortulana
Emberiza schoeniclus
Emberizidae
Embiodea
Embioptera (current term)
Embiotocidae
Embothrium
Embothrium coccineum
Embu
Emerald
Emerald City
Emerald Isle
Emergency Alert System
Emerson
Emersonian
Emery
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Emeside
Emetrol

Literary usage of Embioptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"... Silverfish & Bristletails Springtails PTERYGOTA/EXOPTERYGOTA Ephemeroptera Odonata Orthoptera Phasmida Dermaptera Embioptera Dictyoptera Isoptera ..."

2. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"... are most nearly related to Orthoptera on the one hand and to Plecoptera on the other; Isoptera and Embioptera in particular being strongly orthopteran. ..."

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