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 Meaning of NEUROPTERAN
| Pronunciation: |  | nyûu'râpturun 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | neuropteron, neuropterous insect |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | alder fly, alderfly, ant lion, antlion, antlion fly, Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly, dobsonfly, fishfly, insect, lacewing, lacewing fly, mantispid, Neuroptera, order Neuroptera, Sialis lutaria, snakefly, spongefly, spongillafly |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Neu*rop"ter*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A neuropter.
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