HyperDic: mecoptera

English > 1 sense of the word Mecoptera:
NOUNanimalMecoptera, order Mecopteraan order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
English > Mecoptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip.
Synonymorder Mecoptera
Member ofInsecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapodainsects
MembersBittacidae, family BittacidaeA family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
Panorpidae, family PanorpidaeA family of insects of the order Mecoptera
mecopteranAny of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
CatalanMecoptera
Adjectivesmecopterousof or relating to mecopterans

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