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Meaning Of Strepsiptera
n. pl.
A group of small insects having the anterior
wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted
appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are
parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called
also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.