Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
infraclass within thesubclass Pterygota — variouswinged insects .
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Examples
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“Those were the Neoptera, some of the most nightmarish of them all.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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You killed two Neoptera with a bat when you were just seventeen years old.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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“What about the Neoptera?” he demanded, his voice ragged.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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“Those were the Neoptera, some of the most nightmarish of them all.”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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“What about the Neoptera?” he demanded, his voice ragged.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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You killed two Neoptera with a bat when you were just seventeen years old.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Killed was too mild a word for what the Neoptera had done to them.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Killed was too mild a word for what the Neoptera had done to them.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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The most evil beings in the Lore were gathered around it, dozens of breedsthe Neoptera, winged insectlike humanoids, the Alchemists, eternally old men with long, straggly green beards, the Cerunnos, ram-headed snakes.
Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009
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The most evil beings in the Lore were gathered around it, dozens of breedsthe Neoptera, winged insectlike humanoids, the Alchemists, eternally old men with long, straggly green beards, the Cerunnos, ram-headed snakes.
Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009
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