单词 | pterotheca |
释义 | > as lemmaspterotheca pterotheca n. Brit. /ˌtɛrə(ʊ)ˈθiːkə/ , U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈθikə/ , /ˌtɛroʊˈθikə/ [compare French ptérothèque (1868 in Littré)] Entomology rare the part of the pupal skin of an insect that covers the wings.ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxi. 250 The breast (pectus)..from which proceed the wing-cases (Ptero-theca) and leg-cases (Podo-theca). 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. ii. 19 The nymphs of apterous and cavernicolous insects generally possess wing cases or pterothecae. < as lemmas |
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