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What does tetrapterous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tetrapterous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (entomology) Having four (two pairs of) wings.
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A Tetrapterous insect, the genus of which is uncertain, is said, when it is taken, to discharge its eggs like shot from a gun.
Radial spines stout, tetrapterous, prismatic, in the outer part longer than in the inner.

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