Definition of Dictyoptera

1. Noun. In some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictyoptera

Dicotyledonae
Dicotyledones
Dicranaceae
Dicranales
Dicranopteris
Dicranum
Dicrostonyx
Dicrostonyx hudsonius
Dictamnus alba
Dictaphone
Dictyophera
Dictyoptera
Dictyostelium
Dicynodontia
Dida
Didelphidae
Didelphis
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphis virginiana
Didenheim
Diderot
Diderotian
Didion
Dido
Didonia
Didonian

Literary usage of Dictyoptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"We seem to possess three very distinct indigenous species, all varying in size^ sculpture, and colour. Order VI. dictyoptera. Lead,. Order HEMIPTERA. Linni. ..."

2. Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions: With Preliminary (1824)
"... and dictyoptera ; the third, ... dictyoptera. Wings reticulated. — — — 6. Lepidoptera. Wings covered with powder. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... and dictyoptera), Neurop- tera (including Trichoptera, Thysanura, Collembola, Mallophaga and ..."

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