HyperDic: order_mecoptera

English > 1 sense of the expression order Mecoptera:
NOUNanimalorder Mecoptera, Mecopteraan order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
English > order 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.
SynonymMecoptera
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

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