neuropteran

Noun
  1. Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins (synset 102266030)
    is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    subtypes:
    • ant lion, antlion, antlion fly - winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
    • lacewing, lacewing fly - any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
    • corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly, dobsonfly - large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
    • fish fly, fish-fly - similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait
    • alder fly, alderfly, sialis lutaria - dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
    • snakefly - predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
    • mantispid - insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
    • spongefly, spongillafly - hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
    belongs to: neuroptera, order neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
    same as: neuropteron, neuropterous insect

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