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stylops

stylops noun: any insect in the order Strepsiptera.

stylops: any insect in the order Strepsiptera
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Noun

stylops (plural stylops)

  1. (dated) Any insect in the order Strepsiptera.
    • Smith (1874) recommended searching for stylopized bees between the hours of 9 and 12 in the morning, as according to his experiences the stylops always emerged from the body of the bee on the day on which the latter first quitted its nest, should the day be bright and sunny, and he also mentioned...1909, William Dwight Pierce, A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby
    Synonyms:
    strepsipter, strepsipteran

Synonyms of stylops

Forms of stylops

pluralstylops

Questions about stylops

What does stylops mean?
Stylops means any insect in the order Strepsiptera.
What part of speech is stylops?
Stylops is a noun.
What is the plural of stylops?
The plural of stylops is stylops.

Words near stylops in the dictionary

  1. stylopod
  2. stylopodia
  3. stylopodial
  4. stylopodium
  5. stylopods
  6. stylops
  7. stylos
  8. stylose
  9. stylosome
  10. stylosomes
  11. stylospore

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