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tetrapterous, a.|tɪˈtræptərəs|
[f. mod.L. tetrapter-us (a. Gr. τετράπτερος four-winged, f. τετρα- four- + πτερ-όν wing) + -ous. Cf. F. tétraptère.]
Having four wings; spec. in Entom. applied to four-winged flies; in Bot. having four wing-like appendages, as certain fruits. So teˈtrapter (see quot. 1846); teˈtrapteran a., tetrapterous; n. a four-winged insect.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxix. 66 A Tetrapterous insect, the genus of which is uncertain, is said, when it is taken, to discharge its eggs like shot from a gun. Ibid. IV. xlvii. 376 A substance intermediate between that of the elytra of Coleoptera and that of the wings of the Tetrapterous Orders. 1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., Tetrapterans, Tetraptera,..applied by some entomologists to the insects which have four wings, and which thus constitute an extensive primary division of the class. 1846Smart Suppl., Tetrapters, insects with four wings; fossil fishes having four fins. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tetrapterus..Bot., having four wings, as the fruit of Tetragonia tetraptera. 1866Treas. Bot., Tetrapterous, four-winged. |