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English > 1 sense of the expression dictyopterous insect:
NOUNanimaldictyopterous insectcockroaches and mantids
English > dictyopterous insect: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcockroaches and mantids.
Member ofDictyoptera, order DictyopteraIn some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids)
Narrowercockroach, roachAny of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
mantis, mantidpredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions
Broaderinsectsmall air-breathing arthropod