We found 1 definitions of order dictyoptera from 1 different sources.
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order dictyoptera - 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 | ||
Dictyoptera, order Dictyoptera | ||
animal order the order of animals | ||
class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species | ||
dictyopterous insect cockroaches and mantids | ||
blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order |