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Webster 1913 Edition
Neuropteran
Neu-rop′ter-an
(nū̍-rŏp′tẽr-an)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A neuropter.
Definition 2025
neuropteran
neuropteran
English
Mantispa styriaca, a neuropteran.
Noun
neuropteran (plural neuropterans)
- Any insect of the order Neuroptera, having four large and membranous wings.
Translations
insect of the order Neuroptera
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Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Ithonioidea: moth lacewing, giant lacewing
- Osmyloidea: osmylid
- Chrysopoidea: green lacewing, stinkfly
- Hemerobioidea: brown lacewing
- Coniopterygoidea: dustywing, spongillafly
- Mantispoidea: pleasing lacewing, mantidfly, thorny lacewing, beaded lacewing
- Nemopteroidea: silky lacewing, spoonwing
- Myrmeleontoidea: split-footed lacewing, antlion, owlfly, ascalaphid