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Definition of Neuropterous insect
1. Noun. Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins.
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera
Specialized synonyms: Ant Lion, Antlion, Antlion Fly, Lacewing, Lacewing Fly, Corydalus Cornutus, Dobson, Dobson Fly, Dobsonfly, Fish Fly, Fish-fly, Alder Fly, Alderfly, Sialis Lutaria, Snakefly, Mantispid, Spongefly, Spongillafly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuropterous Insect
Literary usage of Neuropterous insect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The impression is that of the hinder wing of the left side of a Neuropterous
insect, the wing being fully 5 cm. long and 2 cm. in, breadth. ..."
2. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"A neuropterous insect found in iron-stone concretions in the ... A Neuropterous
insect, the specimen first discovered by Mr. Hartt in the Devonian rocks of ..."
3. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"A neuropterous insect from the Devonian rocks of New Brunswick; ... A curious
neuropterous insect, of large size, probably allied to onr May-flies; ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... an ephemerid; a day-fly. See the technical words, and cut under day-fly.—2.
In Great Britain, a neuropterous insect of the suborder ..."
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