strepent (strepent)

[L. strepen (t-)s, ppr. of strepere, make a noise, rumble, murmur.] Noisy; loud. [Rare.] IMG:content-2265.jpg:[blocks in formation] neut. pl. of * strepsipterus: see strepsipterous.] 1. An order of insects, named by Kirby in 1833 from the twisted wings, wings, synonymous with Rhi piptera piptera of Latreille, and corresponding to the family Stylopidæ. The fore wings are mere twisted filaments or pseud elytra; the hind wings are expansive and fan-shaped; the females are wingle . The strepsipters are parasitic on hymenopterous insects, especially bees and wasps. They are now regarded as anomalous Coleoptera degraded by parasitism. See cut under Stylops. 21. In Gegenbaur's system of cla ification, family of neuropterous insects, forming with Ph neuropte Phryganida the suborder Trichoptera. strepsipteral (strep-sip'te-ral), a. [ and a. [ ter-ous + -al.] Same as strepsipterous. strepsipteran (strep-sip'te-ran), NL. Strepsiptera + -an.] I. n. A strepsipter. II. a . Same as strepsipterous . strepsipterous (strep-s