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order Mecoptera

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Noun1.order Mecoptera - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tiporder Mecoptera - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
animal order - the order of animals
class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
mecopteran - any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
family Panorpidae, Panorpidae - a family of insects of the order Mecoptera
Bittacidae, family Bittacidae - a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera


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Saginaw Valley State University, Department of Biology The order Mecoptera contains the scorpionflies (genus Panorpa) and hangingflies (genus Bittacus).
Stanton, Saginaw Valley State University, Department of Biology, University Center, MI 48710 The order Mecoptera contains the scorpionflies (genus Panorpa) and hangingflies (genus Bittacus).
 
 
 
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