order dictyoptera

1. 1.

   in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera

   SynonymsDictyoptera

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofInsecta

Questions about order dictyoptera

What does order dictyoptera mean?

order dictyoptera means "in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera".

What is another word for order dictyoptera?

Close synonyms include Dictyoptera. 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 order dictyoptera a common word?

order dictyoptera 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.