Meaning of megalopterous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Relating to or characteristic of the order Megaloptera, which comprises insects with large wings and aquatic larvae.
2. Having notably large wings.

Examples

“Most of his later papers were on the megalopterous division of the Neuroptera (= Planipennia, Banibur),in which he described many new forms.”

“The paper is divided into two scctions, the first dealing with the records of the species of Megaloptera and Neuroptera found thus far in Minnesota, and the second with observations on the bionomics of the megalopterous Corydalus cornutus (Linne), Chauliodes rastricornis Rambur, C. pectinicornis (Linne) and Neohermes sp.”

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