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neuropterous insect
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veinsneuropteran, neuropteroninsect - small air-breathing arthropodNeuroptera, order Neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongefliesantlion fly, ant lion, antlion - winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. antslacewing, lacewing fly - any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphidsCorydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly, dobson - large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as baitfish fly, fish-fly - similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing baitalder fly, alderfly, Sialis lutaria - dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvaesnakefly - predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothoraxmantispid - insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and waspsspongefly, spongillafly - hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges |
neuropterous insect
Synonyms for neuropterous insectnoun insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veinsSynonymsRelated Words- insect
- Neuroptera
- order Neuroptera
- antlion fly
- ant lion
- antlion
- lacewing
- lacewing fly
- Corydalus cornutus
- dobson fly
- dobsonfly
- dobson
- fish fly
- fish-fly
- alder fly
- alderfly
- Sialis lutaria
- snakefly
- mantispid
- spongefly
- spongillafly
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