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单词 Embioptera
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Definition of Embioptera in English:

Embioptera

plural nounˌɛmbʌɪˈɒptərəˌembēˈäptərə
Entomology
  • A small order of insects that comprises the web-spinners.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • Embioptera (present-day webspinners) originated in the Carboniferous.
    • Significant differences between the two workers concern the position of the Embioptera [a basal neopteran group to Hennig, near the Plecoptera to Rohdendorf], and of the Plecoptera (of uncertain affinities to Hennig).
    • Despite the existence of some Neoptera in the Carboniferous (Blattaria, Orthoptera), it is highly unlikely that Dermaptera, Embioptera, Zoraptera, and ‘higher’ orders in the Neoptera would be any older than Upper Permian.
    • A small brown insect that I first thought might be some type of Plecoptera or Neuroptera quickly revealed itself to be a webspinner (Embioptera).

Derivatives

  • embiopteran

  • adjective & noun
    Entomology
    • He figured and mentioned a Permian embiopteran, but the features are vague and its assignment not definitive.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The image shows the head, mouthparts, and forelegs of an embiopteran Oligembia melanura, stained with light green, cleared and mounted on a micro-slide.
      • Only for the embiopteran H. solieri were the results discordant; this insect tested positive for infection with a Wolbachia-specific 16S rRNA gene, but there was no amplification with MLST and wsp primers.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Embia (genus name) + Greek pteron 'wing'.

Definition of Embioptera in US English:

Embioptera

plural nounˌembēˈäptərə
Entomology
  • A small order of insects that comprises the web-spinners.

    〔昆〕纺足目

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Significant differences between the two workers concern the position of the Embioptera [a basal neopteran group to Hennig, near the Plecoptera to Rohdendorf], and of the Plecoptera (of uncertain affinities to Hennig).
    • Embioptera (present-day webspinners) originated in the Carboniferous.
    • A small brown insect that I first thought might be some type of Plecoptera or Neuroptera quickly revealed itself to be a webspinner (Embioptera).
    • Despite the existence of some Neoptera in the Carboniferous (Blattaria, Orthoptera), it is highly unlikely that Dermaptera, Embioptera, Zoraptera, and ‘higher’ orders in the Neoptera would be any older than Upper Permian.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Embia (genus name) + Greek pteron ‘wing’.

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