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pl. [Gr. kryptos =hidden, secret, and nēmat a, pl. of nema =that which is spun, yarn.] to stomata. mia (q. v.), and Lat. suff. -eœ.] Entom.: According to Schoenherr, author of an elaborate work on the Curculio nide, this is a family of Rhyncophora. It contains upward of twenty genera.