dictyoptera
1. [ noun ] (biology,zoology) 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: order_Dictyoptera
Related terms: animal_order Insecta Blattodea Manteodea dictyopterous_insect
Similar spelling:   dictyopteran
  Dictyophera