a. Ent. [f. mod.L. Strepsiptera neut. pl. (f. Gr. στρεψι-, comb. form of στρέφειν to twist + πτερόν wing) + -OUS.] Belonging to the order Strepsitera of insects (named by Kirby from the twisted front wings).
1817. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xxiii. II. 327. The strepsipterous genera, Stylogs, K. and Xenos, R.
1835. Westwood, in Trans. Entom. Soc. (1836), I. 173. Description of a new Strepsipterous Insect recently discovered in the Island of Mauritius.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, p. cxi.
Also Strepsipteral a.; Strepsipteran a., also sb. an insect of the order Strepsiptera.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc., Strepsipterans.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., 451. The Strepsipteral larva.
