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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)

Sense 1

suborder Megaloptera ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

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