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 | ||