Lexic.us

Definition of Anisoptera

1. Noun. Dragonflies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisoptera

Literary usage of 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)
"... primitive type than do the anisoptera. From this brief sketch it is evident that these parts will furnish systematic characters which are as yet unused. ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1908)
"Bot. 2 (1862) 42; Brandis in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1895) 44. After examining a large series of specimens we have come to the conclusion that anisoptera ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1903)
"This scheme follows : anisoptera: Family ... It will be noted that the anisoptera begin this series. The relative * Placed among the ..."

4. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"... position and shape, germination type) with Valica and also anisoptera, ... Shorea, Doona, Parashorea, Dipterocarpus, anisoptera, Dryobalanops, ..."

5. Bulletin (1922)
"... of extract than the minimum of the insect larvae, while the amphipods and the leeches corresponded closely to the anisoptera and Zygoptera respectively. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... has been made in several plots on different soils or in different physiographic situations. The summation of results for six plots in the anisoptera- ..."

7. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"... var. collocata (all anisoptera) the first pair is located in segment i or at its articulation with the second abdominal segment. ..."

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