English noun: order Mecoptera | |||
1. | order Mecoptera (animal) an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip | ||
Synonyms | Mecoptera | ||
Broader (hypernym) | animal order | ||
Member holonym | Bittacidae, family Bittacidae, family Panorpidae, mecopteran, Panorpidae | ||
Member meronym | class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta | ||