Definition for NEU'ROP-TER, or NEU-ROP'TE-RA

NEU'ROP-TER, or NEU-ROP'TE-RA, n. [Gr. νευρον, a nerve, and πτερον, wing.]

The neuropters are an order of insects having four membranous, transparent, naked wings, reticulated with veins, as the dragon fly.

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