neuropteroidadj.n.
/njᵿˈrɒptərɔɪd/, /njʊəˈrɒptərɔɪd/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑptəˌrɔɪd/ Entomology.
A. adj.
Resembling insects of the order Neuroptera; spec. designating or belonging to a group (sometimes referred to as the section Neuropterida) that comprises the neuroptera in the broader sense (see note s.v. Neuroptera n.).
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neuropteroid1885
1885 S. H. Scudder in Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3 322 We may distinguish between orthopteroid, neuropteroid, and hemipteroid Palaeodictyoptera.
1889 H. A. Nicholson & R. Lydekker Man. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) I. 594 The Neuropteroid section..includes a number of Palæozoic insects.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiii. 257 The Neuroptera formerly included a heterogeneous assemblage of insects (now divided into eight or nine orders) often referred to as the ‘Neuropteroid complex’.
1988 Jrnl. Ultrastruct. & Molecular Struct. Res. 101 185 This configuration of the centriolar microtubules is not shared by the other examined insects of the neuropteroid superorder.
1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects vi. 197/2 A third grouping is the Neuropterida (or neuropteroid orders), comprising the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera.
B. n.
A neuropteroid insect.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > member of
white ant1625
neuropter1828
neuropteran1842
neuropteroid1901
1901 Science 21 June 981/2 At the time of his death he was preparing the part on Diptera, in which he intended possibly to include the Neuropteroids.
1956 Systematic Zool. 5 95/1 The lack of ocelli in the larvae of neuropteroids is a well-known characteristic.
1982 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 13 262 Terrestrial larvae lacking the specialized predaceous mouthparts or aquatic adaptations of most modern neuropteroids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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