EMBIOPTERA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Web spinners

Synonyms:

Embiodea; Embioptera; order Embiodea; order Embioptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Embioptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Embioptera"):

web spinner (any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin)

Holonyms ("Embioptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)