TRICHOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trichoptera mean? 

• TRICHOPTERA (noun)
  The noun TRICHOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. an order of insects consisting of caddis flies

  Familiarity information: TRICHOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of insects consisting of caddis flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Trichoptera; Trichoptera

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Trichoptera"):

trichopteran; trichopteron; trichopterous insect (caddis fly)

caddisworm; strawworm (larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris)

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

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)