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of or relating to mecopterans

see mecoptera

/mi kop"teuhr euhs/, adj.

belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.

[1888; < NL Mecopter(a) ( < Gk mêk(os) length + -o- -O- + -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -PTEROUS) + -OUS; an irregular re-formation of Gk makrópteros long-winged]