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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A carnivorous insect of the order Neuroptera, such as the ant lion or dobsonfly, having four net-veined wings and mouthparts adapted for chewing.
  2. adj. Of or belonging to the Neuroptera.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A neuropter.

Wiktionary

  1. n. neuropter

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A neuropter.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin Neuroptera, order name : Greek neuron, vein, tendon; see neuron + Greek ptera, pl. of pteron, wing; see -pter. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. insect

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  1. fishfly
  2. ant-lion
  3. mantispid
  1. corydalus cornutus
  2. snake fly
  3. alderfly
  1. dobson fly
  2. antlion fly
  3. dobson
  1. dobsonfly
  2. lacewing fly
  3. sialis lutaria
  1. spongefly
  2. lacewing
  3. spongillafly

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