单词 | stylopes |
释义 | stylopes in British English (ˈstaɪləˌpiːz) plural noun stylops stylops in British English (ˈstaɪlɒps) nounWord forms: plural -lopes (-ləˌpiːz) any insect of the order Strepsiptera, including the genus Stylops, living as a parasite in other insects, esp bees and wasps: the females remain in the body of the host but the males move between hosts Word origin C19: New Latin, from Greek, from stulos a pillar + ōps an eye, from the fact that the male insect has stalked compound eyes |
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