The neuropters are an order of insects having four membranous, transparent, naked wings, reticulated with veins.
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An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.
Neuroptera
Encyclopedia Britannica
NEUROPTERA. See Insects, vol. xiii. p. 151.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 364
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Belonging to the order of neuropters.
A neuropter.
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