mecopteran
English Thesaurus
1. any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | scorpion fly, |
| definition | : | any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hanging fly, |
| definition | : | any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | mecoptera, order mecoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip (noun.animal) |
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