Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A neuropterous insect; a member of the order Neuroptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Neuroptera.
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- noun zoology One of the
Neuroptera .
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Examples
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"Would you mind substituting 'neuropter' in the third strophe?" he ventured.
The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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He seeks for a true neuropter in the white ant before him, but its very form and habits summon up a swarm of true ants; and then the little wingless book louse (Atropos, Fig. 141) scampering irreverently over the musty pages of his Systema Naturæ, reminds him of that closest friend of man -- Pediculus vestimenti.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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