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Definition of Tipula
1. n. Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
Definition of Tipula
1. a fly [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tipula
1.
Origin: L, the water spider, or water spinner.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipula
Literary usage of Tipula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1834)
"Sir JE SMITH informs us, that he had " never seen any fruit formed by this plant ;"
neither had he ever seen the tipula till I sent him specimens of it from ..."
2. Western Diptera: Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Diptera from the by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1877)
"tipula PUBERA Loew, Centur., v, 16.—Common in May in Marin County, California (San
... tipula FALLAX Loew, Centur., iv, 10.—California. I do not have it. ..."
3. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"tipula angustipennis Loew Corvallis; Forest Grove, IV-20 to V-10 (Cole). CPA det.
34. tipula armata Doane Corvallis; Forest Grove, ..."
4. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1890)
"It will be observed from the foregoing list that two, if not more, distinct tribes
of Diptera are included under the one generic name of tipula. ..."
5. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"... to me specimens of pears gathered from trees growing wild, which were all
badly infected. Such trees should, of course, be burnt. CRANE FLIES. tipula ..."
6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The palpi are bent underneath, or turned up, but in that case, from one to two
joints only. Linnaeus comprised them in his genus tipula. ..."
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