The neuropters are an order of insects having four membranous, transparent, naked wings, reticulated with veins.
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One of the Neuroptera.
The neuropters are an order of insects having four membranous, transparent, naked wings, reticulated with veins.
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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