Mecoptera

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Noun

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Mecoptera - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tiporder Mecopteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciesmecopteran - any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecopterafamily Panorpidae, Panorpidae - a family of insects of the order MecopteraBittacidae, family Bittacidae - a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera