SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA
Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Megaloptera mean?
• SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA (noun)
The noun SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
Familiarity information: SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA (noun)
Meaning:
In some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera
Hypernyms ("suborder Megaloptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Megaloptera"):
Corydalidae; family Corydalidae (dobsons)
family Sialidae; Sialidae (an arthropod family including: alderflies)
family Raphidiidae; Raphidiidae (a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies)
Holonyms ("suborder Megaloptera" is a member of...):
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)