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Noun: Mecoptera
  1. An order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
    - order Mecoptera

Type of: animal order

Part of: class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta

Encyclopedia: Mecoptera