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RHIPIDOPTERA

\ɹˈɪpɪdˌɒptəɹə], \ɹˈɪpɪdˌɒptəɹə], \ɹ_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_d_ˌɒ_p_t_ə_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of RHIPIDOPTERA

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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rip-i-dop'te-ra, n.pl. fan-winged insects--a group of the coleoptera.--adj. RHIPIDOP'TEROUS. [Gr. rhipis, rhipidos, a fan, pteron, a wing.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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