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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rolling; winding; inwrapping: specifically applied, in entomology, to the tegmina of an orthopterous insect when, in repose, the anal areas lie horizontally one over the other on the back of the insect, while the rest of the tegmina are vertical, covering the sides and lower wings, as in the katydid.

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