Word Meanings - NEUROPTERAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A neuropter.

NEUROPTERA
An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly
NEUROPTEROUS
Neuropteral.
NEUROPTER
One of the Neuroptera.
NEUROPTERAL
Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
NEUROPTERAN
A neuropter.
NEUROPTERIS
An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.
PSEUDONEUROPTEROUS
Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera.
PSEUDONEUROPTERA
division of insects reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoölogists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.