/noo rop"teuhr euhs, nyoo-/ , adj.
belonging or pertaining to the Neuroptera, an order of insects characterized by four membranous wings having netlike venation, comprising the ant lions, lacewings, dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies, snakeflies, mantispids, and spongillaflies.
[ 1795-1805; Neuropter ( a ), neut. pl. of neuropterus nerve-winged + -OUS. See NEURO-, -PTEROUS ]