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‖ Panorpa Entom.|pəˈnɔːpə|
pl. -æ.
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1748); derivation not stated.]
A genus of neuropterous insects, the type of a family Panorpidæ, taken by some as an order Panorpatæ, the scorpion-flies. Hence paˈnorpate, † paˈnorpatous adjs., of or pertaining to the scorpion-flies as an order; paˈnorpian, paˈnorpine adjs., of or pertaining to the genus Panorpa; paˈnorpid, an insect of the family Panorpidæ; paˈnorpoid a., resembling or related to the scorpion-flies.
1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 272 Some of Panorpa have an enlargement at the end of the fore-gut. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Panorpatous. 1890Webster, Panorpian, Panorpid. 1890Cent. Dict., Panorpine. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Panorpate, Panorpoid. |