Meanings
nounraphidiid (plural raphidiids)
plural raphidiids
- biologyAny snakefly of the family Raphidiidae.
Inocelliids are larger than most raphidiids, with the front wing varying in length from 11 to 17 mm.
1989, Donald Joyce Borror, An Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 3631 more example
Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).
1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada
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