Definitions for neuropterous

neuropterous neu·rop·ter·ous

Spelling: [noo-rop-ter-uh s, nyoo-]
IPA: /nʊˈrɒp tər əs, nyʊ-/

Neuropterous is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

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Definitions for neuropterous

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  1. 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-, Examples for neuropterous

In the majority of neuropterous larv, they almost precisely resemble those of the perfect insect.

It is one of the neuropterous tribe, or those with nerved wings.

I have already admitted that I find no neuropterous insect sufficiently related, in its final state to class IV.

You will find no other than true legs in most Coleopterous, neuropterous, and Hymenopterous larv.

Wing of a neuropterous insect, from the Lower Lias, Gloucestershire.

Dragon-fly, the common name of members of a family (Odonata or Libellulid) of neuropterous insects.

Embioptera: an ordinal term proposed for the neuropterous family Embidae.

A number of neuropterous insects whose early stages are passed in the water are furnished with branchial trache or false gills.

Insects appear well developed, including both orthopterous and neuropterous forms, in the New Brunswick rocks.

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