| NOUN | animal | neuropterous insect, neuropteron, neuropteran | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
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| Meaning | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins. | |
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| Synonyms | neuropteron, neuropteran | |
| Member of | Neuroptera, order Neuroptera | An order of insects including |
| Narrower | alderfly, alder fly, Sialis lutaria | dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae |
| ant lion, antlion, antlion fly | winged insect resembling a dragonfly | |
| dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus | large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male | |
| fish fly, fish-fly | Similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly | |
| lacewing, lacewing fly | Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae) | |
| mantispid | insect that resembles a mantis | |
| snakefly | predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax | |
| spongefly, spongillafly | hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | neuropteran, neuróptero, neuropteron | |
| Catalan | neuròpter, neuropteron | |
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