mecopterousadj.
/mᵻˈkɒptərəs/, U.S. /məˈkɑptərəs/ Entomology.
= mecopteran adj.
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1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 718 The pretty strongly developed jugum in this mecopterous form bears on its free margin four strong backward projecting bristles.
1902 L. O. Howard Insect Bk. 206 Mecopterous insects have four wings with many veins.
1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) v. 175 The so-called Protodiptera are 4-winged mecopterous fossil types, whose venation is very like that of existing primitive Nematocera.
1980 Ecol. Monogr. 50 ii. 196/1 The woods today is probably isolated from further natural immigration of mecopterous species.
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