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Definition of Trichoptera
1. Noun. An order of insects consisting of caddis flies.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Trichopteran, Trichopteron, Trichopterous Insect, Caddisworm, Strawworm
Definition of Trichoptera
1. n. pl. A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.
Medical Definition of Trichoptera
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichoptera
Literary usage of Trichoptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"Linn., trichoptera p. MacL.) CHAR. Wings four, membranous ; the anterior generally
pilose ... TO THE trichoptera. Pictet. ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1892)
"Monaghan, Ireland, and I now record those species of trichoptera which have not
previously been taken ... The trichoptera new to the district are as follows ..."
3. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"CHAPTER XXVIII THE trichoptera The Caddice (sometimes spelled Caddis) Flies, ...
The trichoptera may be defined as: Insects which as adults have rather soft ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1882)
"A brief sketch of the Order (limited to trichoptera and Planipennia') and ...
They appear to be made up largely of trichoptera, bat there are many others. ..."
5. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"trichoptera These insects have an incidental interest in being near to the
ancestors of butterflies and moths, but they need no reflected glory to give them ..."
6. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"... study of this group should possess the great work of Robert McLachlan, A
Monographic Revision and Synopsis of the trichoptera of the European Fauna. ..."
7. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... THE CADDIS FLIES (Order trichoptera.) Almost everyone who likes to watch
curious living creatures knows the caddis worms—the strange little larvae which ..."
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