Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
neuropterous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the
Neuroptera .
Etymologies
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Neuroptera + -al
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Examples
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"It is a nest of white ants," I said to my son; "they are insects of the neuropteral order, and allied to the _libellula_."
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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