neuropteran
English Thesaurus
1. insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ant lion, antlion, antlion fly, |
| definition | : | winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lacewing, lacewing fly, |
| definition | : | any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fish fly, fish-fly, |
| definition | : | similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | snakefly, |
| definition | : | predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mantispid, |
| definition | : | insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | spongefly, spongillafly, |
| definition | : | hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | neuroptera, order neuroptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies (noun.animal) |
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