| 释义 |
or·thor·rha·pha
\ȯ(r)ˈthȯrəfə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from orth- + -rrhapha (from Greek rhaphē seam, from rhaptein to sew together) — more at wrap
: a large suborder of Diptera that usually includes the Nematocera and many of the Brachycera but is sometimes restricted to the more primitive families of Brachycera and that is distinguished by a pupal case opening by a T-shaped cleft behind the head or by a transverse slit between the seventh and eighth abdominal segments
• or·thor·rha·phous \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷fəs\ adjective |