neuroptera
English Thesaurus
1. an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect, |
| definition | : | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family myrmeleontidae, myrmeleontidae, |
| definition | : | antlions (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chrysopidae, family chrysopidae, |
| definition | : | green lacewings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family hemerobiidae, hemerobiidae, |
| definition | : | brown lacewings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | megaloptera, suborder megaloptera, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family mantispidae, mantispidae, |
| definition | : | mantispids (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sisyridae, sisyridae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta, |
| definition | : | insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species (noun.animal) |
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