单词 | nymphiparous |
释义 | † nymphiparousadj. Entomology. Obsolete. rare. = pupiparous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of (nature of) or relating to pupa or chrysalis > producing nymphiparousa1791 a1791 J. Wesley Abridgem. Contempl. Nature ix, in Compend. Nat. Philos. (1810) II. 270 The spider-fly presents us with another method of multiplying..which is attempted to be expressed by the term nymphiparous. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xx. 324 Those two-winged insects called pupiparous or nymphiparous. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 874 This peculiarity has caused the Hippoboscidæ to be termed nymphiparous or pupiparous insects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.a1791 |
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