Mecoptera (n)
order Mecoptera (n)

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type n
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def an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
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Hypernym animal order
Member holonym Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
Derivationally related form Mecoptera → mecopterous
Member meronym mecopteran; Panorpidae, family Panorpidae; Bittacidae, family Bittacidae
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Derivationally related form mecopterous → Mecoptera
Hyponym animal order
Member meronym Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
Member holonym mecopteran; Panorpidae, family Panorpidae; Bittacidae, family Bittacidae

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