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TRICHOPTERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trichopteron mean?
• TRICHOPTERON (noun)
The noun TRICHOPTERON has 1 sense:
1. caddis fly
Familiarity information: TRICHOPTERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caddis fly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
trichopteran; trichopteron; trichopterous insect
Hypernyms ("trichopteron" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trichopteron"):
caddice-fly; caddice fly; caddis-fly; caddis fly (small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae)
Holonyms ("trichopteron" is a member of...):
order Trichoptera; Trichoptera (an order of insects consisting of caddis flies)
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