Rhipidoptera

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "fan" + "wing".

Proper noun

Rhipidoptera

(obsolete) A taxonomic group within the order Coleoptera – certain fan-winged beetles.

Synonyms

Rhipiptera

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order

References

“Rhipidoptera”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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