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Webster 1913 Edition

Planipennia

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Plaˊni-pen′ni-a

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

planus

plane +

penna

wing.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also

Planipennes

.