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DICTYOPTERA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera

Synonyms:

Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dictyoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Dictyoptera"):

dictyopterous insect (cockroaches and mantids)

Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea (cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order)

Manteodea; suborder Manteodea (mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera)

Holonyms ("Dictyoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

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