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TRICHOPTERAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Caddis fly

Synonyms:

trichopteran; trichopteron; trichopterous insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("trichopteran" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trichopteran"):

caddice-fly; caddice fly; caddis-fly; caddis fly (small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae)

Holonyms ("trichopteran" is a member of...):

order Trichoptera; Trichoptera (an order of insects consisting of caddis flies)

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