/mi kop"teuhr euhs/ , adj.
belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
[ 1888; Mecopter ( a ) ( mêk ( os ) length + -o- -O- + -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -PTEROUS) + -OUS; an irregular re-formation of Gk makrópteros long-winged ]