POLYCTENIDAE

Meaning of POLYCTENIDAE in English

many-combed bugs

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

POLYCTENIDAE — ˌpälə̇kˈtenəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Polyctenes, type genus (from poly- + Greek -ktenēs — from kten-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLYCTENID — I. pəˈliktənə̇d, |pälə̇k|tenə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Polyctenidae : of or relating to the Polyctenidae II. noun ( -s ) …
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BAT BUG — noun Etymology: bat (III) : any of a family (Polyctenidae) of small flattened elongated hairy bugs related to the bedbug …
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HETEROPTERAN — a member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the "true bugs." The order is divided into three suborders: the …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAT BUG — any blood-sucking insect of the family Polyctenidae (order Heteroptera), which numbers at least 18 species. Bat bugs are external parasites …
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