SUBORDER MEGALOPTERA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

In some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies

Synonyms:

Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("suborder Megaloptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Megaloptera"):

Corydalidae; family Corydalidae (dobsons)

family Sialidae; Sialidae (an arthropod family including: alderflies)

family Raphidiidae; Raphidiidae (a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies)

Holonyms ("suborder Megaloptera" is a member of...):

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)