small air-breathing arthropod

of or relating to mecopterans

an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip

any of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous

any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae

an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip