ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Polystoechotid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Polystoechotid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.

Meaning

(zoology) Any insect of the giant lacewing family, Polystoechotidae.

Example Sentences

Many have been collected around camp fires. Polystoechotids are also taken at lights in remote areas.
Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.
If L. lineata is considered a polystoechotid, then the position of the primary fork of MP does not necessarily indicate that the two specimens are forewings[…].

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Related dictionary entries include polistine, plecopteran, lepidopteron, stylops, opostegid, psychopsid.

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