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Definition of Genus nepa
1. Noun. Type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nepa
Literary usage of Genus nepa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: Arranged in by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"But the genus nepa, though more restrained, was yet susceptible of being still
further reduced. Thus the nepa cinerea, and some others of an oblong oval ..."
2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832)
"The genus Nepa of Shaw, in which he includes the present species, are all
inhabitants of stagnant waters ; I have collected, besides the Ntpa grandis, ..."
3. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"... but acute and strongly articulated proboscis, with which they are enabled to
inflict a sharp wound. THE genus Nepa includes a family of aquatic hemi- ..."
4. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"The genus Nepa has very short three-jointed antennae, the two last joints being
expanded laterally. The body is flat, oval, with two long respiratory tubes, ..."
5. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"The genus Nepa has very short three-jointed antenna;, the two last joints being
expanded laterally. The body is flat, oval. with two long respiratory tubes, ..."
6. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"... or water bugs, belongs the genus nepa (Linn), commonly called water scorpions,
from having the anterior legs in the form of hooked nippers; ..."
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