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pseudoneuroptera

pseudoneuroptera


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Insecta  \In*sec"ta\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Insect}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  One  of  the  classes  of  Arthropoda,  including 
  those  that  have  one  pair  of  antenn[ae],  three  pairs  of 
  mouth  organs,  and  breathe  air  by  means  of  trache[ae], 
  opening  by  spiracles  along  the  sides  of  the  body.  In  this 
  sense  it  includes  the  Hexapoda,  or  six-legged  insects  and 
  the  Myriapoda,  with  numerous  legs.  See  {Insect},  n. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  In  a  more  restricted  sense  the  Hexapoda  alone. 
  See  {Hexapoda}. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  In  the  most  general  sense  the  Hexapoda, 
  Myriapoda,  and  Arachnoidea,  combined. 
 
  Note:  The  typical  Insecta,  or  hexapod  insects,  are  divided 
  into  several  orders  viz.:  {Hymenoptera},  as  the  bees 
  and  ants;  {Diptera},  as  the  common  flies  and  gnats; 
  {Aphaniptera},  or  fleas;  {Lepidoptera},  or  moths  and 
  butterflies;  {Neuroptera},  as  the  ant-lions  and 
  hellgamite;  {Coleoptera},  or  beetles;  {Hemiptera},  as 
  bugs,  lice,  aphids;  {Orthoptera},  as  grasshoppers  and 
  cockroaches;  {Pseudoneuroptera},  as  the  dragon  flies 
  and  termites;  {Euplexoptera},  or  earwings;  {Thysanura}, 
  as  the  springtails,  podura,  and  lepisma.  See  these 
  words  in  the  Vocabulary. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pseudoneuroptera  \Pseu`do*neu*rop"te*ra\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See 
  {Pseudo-},  and  {Neuroptera}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  division  of  insects  (Zo["o]l.)  reticulated  wings,  as  in  the 
  Neuroptera,  but  having  an  active  pupa  state.  It  includes  the 
  dragon  flies,  May  flies,  white  ants,  etc  By  some 
  zo["o]logists  they  are  classed  with  the  Orthoptera;  by 
  others  with  the  Neuroptera. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Book  \Book\  (b[oo^]k),  n.  [OE.  book,  bok,  AS  b[=o]c;  akin  to 
  Goth.  b[=o]ka  a  letter,  in  pl  book,  writing,  Icel.  b[=o]k, 
  Sw  bok,  Dan.  bog,  OS  b[=o]k,  D.  boek,  OHG.  puoh,  G.  buch; 
  and  fr  AS  b[=o]c,  b[=e]ce,  beech;  because  the  ancient 
  Saxons  and  Germans  in  general  wrote  runes  on  pieces  of 
  beechen  board.  Cf  {Beech}.] 
  1.  A  collection  of  sheets  of  paper,  or  similar  material, 
  blank,  written,  or  printed,  bound  together;  commonly,  many 
  folded  and  bound  sheets  containing  continuous  printing  or 
  writing. 
 
  Note:  When  blank,  it  is  called  a  blank  book.  When  printed, 
  the  term  often  distinguishes  a  bound  volume,  or  a 
  volume  of  some  size,  from  a  pamphlet. 
 
  Note:  It  has  been  held  that  under  the  copyright  law,  a  book 
  is  not  necessarily  a  volume  made  of  many  sheets  bound 
  together;  it  may  be  printed  on  a  single  sheet,  as  music 
  or  a  diagram  of  patterns.  --Abbott. 
 
  2.  A  composition,  written  or  printed;  a  treatise. 
 
  A  good  book  is  the  precious  life  blood  of  a  master 
  spirit,  embalmed  and  treasured  up  on  purpose  to  a 
  life  beyond  life.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  A  part  or  subdivision  of  a  treatise  or  literary  work  as 
  the  tenth  book  of  ``Paradise  Lost.'' 
 
  4.  A  volume  or  collection  of  sheets  in  which  accounts  are 
  kept;  a  register  of  debts  and  credits,  receipts  and 
  expenditures,  etc 
 
  5.  Six  tricks  taken  by  one  side  in  the  game  of  whist;  in 
  certain  other  games,  two  or  more  corresponding  cards, 
  forming  a  set 
 
  Note:  Book  is  used  adjectively  or  as  a  part  of  many 
  compounds;  as  book  buyer,  bookrack  book  club,  book 
  lore,  book  sale,  book  trade  memorandum  book,  cashbook. 
 
  {Book  account},  an  account  or  register  of  debt  or  credit  in  a 
  book. 
 
  {Book  debt},  a  debt  for  items  charged  to  the  debtor  by  the 
  creditor  in  his  book  of  accounts. 
 
  {Book  learning},  learning  acquired  from  books,  as 
  distinguished  from  practical  knowledge.  ``Neither  does  it 
  so  much  require  book  learning  and  scholarship,  as  good 
  natural  sense  to  distinguish  true  and  false.''  --Burnet. 
 
  {Book  louse}  (Zo["o]l.),  one  of  several  species  of  minute, 
  wingless  insects  injurious  to  books  and  papers.  They 
  belong  to  the  {Pseudoneuroptera}. 
 
  {Book  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  name  of  several  species  of  moths, 
  the  larv[ae]  of  which  eat  books. 
 
  {Book  oath},  an  oath  made  on  {The  Book},  or  Bible. 
 
  {The  Book  of  Books},  the  Bible. 
 
  {Book  post},  a  system  under  which  books,  bulky  manuscripts, 
  etc.,  may  be  transmitted  by  mail 
 
  {Book  scorpion}  (Zo["o]l.),  one  of  the  false  scorpions 
  ({Chelifer  cancroides})  found  among  books  and  papers.  It 
  can  run  sidewise  and  backward,  and  feeds  on  small  insects. 
 
 
  {Book  stall},  a  stand  or  stall,  often  in  the  open  air,  for 
  retailing  books. 
 
  {Canonical  books}.  See  {Canonical}. 
 
  {In  one's  books},  in  one's  favor.  ``I  was  so  much  in  his 
  books,  that  at  his  decease  he  left  me  his  lamp.'' 
  --Addison. 
 
  {To  bring  to  book}. 
  a  To  compel  to  give  an  account. 
  b  To  compare  with  an  admitted  authority.  ``To  bring  it 
  manifestly  to  book  is  impossible.''  --M.  Arnold. 
 
  {To  curse  by  bell,  book,  and  candle}.  See  under  {Bell}. 
 
  {To  make  a  book}  (Horse  Racing),  to  lay  bets  (recorded  in  a 
  pocket  book)  against  the  success  of  every  horse,  so  that 
  the  bookmaker  wins  on  all  the  unsuccessful  horses  and 
  loses  only  on  the  winning  horse  or  horses. 
 
  {To  speak  by  the  book},  to  speak  with  minute  exactness. 
 
  {Without  book}. 
  a  By  memory. 
  b  Without  authority.