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NEUROPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
Synonyms:
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Neuroptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Neuroptera"):
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)
family Myrmeleontidae; Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera (in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies)
family Mantispidae; Mantispidae (mantispids)
family Sisyridae; Sisyridae (an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies)
Holonyms ("Neuroptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
