Translingual

Proper noun

Neoptera

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the clade Metapterygota – winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens.

Usage notes

• There is likely to be some alteration in the immediate hypernym and hyponyms of this new taxon.

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa - clades; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Hemipterodea, Endopterygota, Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Zoraptera, Grylloblattodea, Dermaptera, Plectoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Mantophasmatodea - orders