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order Neuroptera, n.

an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
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Neuroptera order Neuroptera

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animal order

member holonym

Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda

member meronym

neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect Myrmeleontidae, family Myrmeleontidae Chrysopidae, family Chrysopidae Hemerobiidae, family Hemerobiidae Megaloptera, suborder Megaloptera Mantispidae, family Mantispidae Sisyridae, family Sisyridae