neuropterous insect

Questions about neuropterous insect

What does neuropterous insect mean?

neuropterous insect means "insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins".

What is another word for neuropterous insect?

Close synonyms include neuropteron, neuropteran. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neuropterous insect a common word?

neuropterous insect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.