Streps-īp'ter, n.

n. [Gr. στρέφειν, to twist, and πτερόν, a wing.] (Entom.) One of an order of insects having the anterior wings quite rudimentary, and in the form of short, slender, twisted appendages, the posterior being large and membranous. They are mostly parasitic on bees, wasps, and the like;—called also rhipipter. Baird.