ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷_blaˈtȯidēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + Blatta + -oidea
: a polyphyletic group of extinct families of insects related to the Blattaria and Protorthoptera, known only from the Upper Carboniferous and Permian, and formerly regarded as an order