Dictyoptera

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) (from δικειν (dikein, “to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dik-skos-, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Dictyoptera

  1. A taxonomic cohort within the supercohort Polyneoptera.
  2. (Dictyoptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – the net-winged beetles.

Usage notes
  • Cohort and superorder are both used to characterize the group within Polyneoptera, with little practical difference.

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References
cohort or superorder
genus
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