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单词 pterotheca
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> as lemmas

pterotheca
pterotheca n.
Brit. /ˌtɛrə(ʊ)ˈθiːkə/
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U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈθikə/
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/ˌtɛroʊˈθikə/
[compare French ptérothèque (1868 in Littré)] Entomology rare the part of the pupal skin of an insect that covers the wings.
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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.
extracted from ptero-comb. form
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