1. an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip; [syn: Mecoptera, order Mecoptera]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Mecoptera
n 1: an order of carnivorous insects usually having long
membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing
mouths at the tip [syn: Mecoptera, order Mecoptera]