TRICHOPTEROUS INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichopterous insect mean? 

• TRICHOPTEROUS INSECT (noun)
  The noun TRICHOPTEROUS INSECT has 1 sense:

1. caddis fly

  Familiarity information: TRICHOPTEROUS INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHOPTEROUS INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Caddis fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

trichopteran; trichopteron; trichopterous insect

Hypernyms ("trichopterous insect" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

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

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

Holonyms ("trichopterous insect" is a member of...):

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