Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strepsiptera \Strep*sip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a turning
   (fr. ? to twist) + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.