Definition of neuropterous insect Neuropterous insect
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| neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | ||
| neuropteron, neuropteran | ||
| insect small air-breathing arthropod | ||
| neuroptera, order neuroptera an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies | ||
| antlion fly, ant lion, antlion winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants | ||
| lacewing, lacewing fly any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids | ||
| corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly, dobson large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait | ||
| fish-fly, fish fly similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait | ||
| alder fly, alderfly, sialis lutaria dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae | ||
| snakefly predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax | ||
| mantispid insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps | ||
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