Definition of Suborder anisoptera

1. Noun. Dragonflies.

Exact synonyms: Anisoptera
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Odonata, Order Odonata

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suborder Anisoptera

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suboptions
suboral
suborbicular
suborbital
suborbitally
suborder
suborder Alcyonacea
suborder Anisoptera
suborder Anseres
suborder Anthropoidea
suborder Blattaria
suborder Blattodea
suborder Blennioidea
suborder Brachyura
suborder Carnosaura
suborder Cephalaspida
suborder Ceratopsia
suborder Ceratosaura
suborder Charadrii
suborder Clamatores
suborder Euronithopoda
suborder Eurylaimi

Literary usage of Suborder anisoptera

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... in section, of the triangle in the suborder Anisoptera. tne ... the wings in the suborder Anisoptera, to which alone the following remarks will apply. ..."

2. Aquatic Insects in New York State by James George Needham (1903)
"... as a continuation of the study of the order from Museum bulletin 47, wherein the suborder Anisoptera was treated, and 62 life histories were detailed. ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1913)
"In the larger, more robust forms, dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera), a unique method of respiration has been evolved. The rectum is greatly expanded, ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1906)
"In couple the inferior appendage rests on top of the head, and the superior appendages on the rear of the head of the female. suborder anisoptera. ..."

5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"21 (i) Fore and hind wings dissimilar, the latter broader at the base (dragonflies proper) suborder anisoptera . . 22 22 (49) Triangle (Fig. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"... are stated as follows: "Firstly, I shall deal only with the suborder Anisoptera, ie those dragonflies whose ..."

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