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DICTYOPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dictyoptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Dictyoptera"):
dictyopterous insect (cockroaches and mantids)
Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea (cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order)
Manteodea; suborder Manteodea (mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera)
Holonyms ("Dictyoptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
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