neuropterous

[noo-rop-ter-uh s, nyoo-]

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Neuroptera, an order of insects characterized by four membranous wings having netlike venation, comprising the ant lions, lacewings, dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies, snakeflies, mantispids, and spongillaflies.

Origin of neuropterous

1795–1805; < New Latin Neuropter(a), neuter plural of neuropterus nerve-winged + -ous. See neuro-, -pterous

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Examples from the Web for neuropterous

Historical Examples of neuropterous

It is one of the neuropterous tribe, or those with nerved wings.
The Forest Exiles
Mayne Reid
Wing of a neuropterous insect, from the Lower Lias, Gloucestershire.
A Manual of Elementary Geology
Charles Lyell.
A number of neuropterous insects whose early stages are passed in the water are furnished with branchial trache or false gills.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900
Various
Dragon-fly, the common name of members of a family (Odonata or Libellulid) of neuropterous insects.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia
Various
Insects appear well developed, including both orthopterous and neuropterous forms, in the New Brunswick rocks.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3
Various

British Dictionary definitions for neuropterous

neuropterous

neuropteran

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Neuroptera, an order of insects having two pairs of large much-veined wings and biting mouthparts: includes the lacewings and antlions

Word Origin for neuropterous

C18: from New Latin Neuroptera; see neuro-, -pterous

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