Mecoptera
an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip • Syn: order Mecoptera • Derivationally related forms: mecopterous • Hypernyms: animal order • Member Holonyms: Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda • Member Meronyms: mecopteran, Panorpidae, family Panorpidae, Bittacidae, family Bittacidae
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