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Noun
1. Dictyoptera (order of insects comprising the cockroaches and the mantids)
Wikipedia definition
2. DictyopteraDictyoptera (from Ancient Greek diktuon "net" + pteron "wing") includes three groups of polyneopterous insects - cockroaches, termites and mantids. While all modern Dictyoptera have short ovipositors, the oldest fossils of Dictyoptera have long ovipositors, much like members of the Orthoptera. The use of the term Dictyoptera has changed over the years, and while largely out of use for much of the last century, it is becoming more widely used.
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