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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STREPSIPTERA

Strep *sip "te *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera.See Illust. under Rhipipter.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Strepsiptera

Strep sip ter a |strepˈsiptərə ˌstrɛpˈsɪptərə |Entomology an order of minute parasitic insects that comprises the stylopids. DERIVATIVES strep sip ter an noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek strepsi- (combining form of strephein ‘to turn ’) + pteron ‘wing. ’

Oxford Dictionary

Strepsiptera

Strepsiptera |strɛpˈsɪptərə | ▶plural noun Entomology an order of minute parasitic insects which comprises the stylops. DERIVATIVES strepsipteran noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek strepsi- (combining form of strephein ‘to turn ’) + pteron ‘wing ’.