order Neuroptera

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order Neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongefliesNeuropteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciesneuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veinsfamily Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontidae - antlionsChrysopidae, family Chrysopidae - green lacewingsfamily Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae - brown lacewingsMegaloptera, suborder Megaloptera - in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake fliesfamily Mantispidae, Mantispidae - mantispidsfamily Sisyridae, Sisyridae - an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies