embiopteran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.

Word forms

embiopteran embiopterans

Etymology

From translingual Embioptera + -an.

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