| CATERAN | • cateran n. (Historical) A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. • cateran n. A freebooter, marauder. • CATERAN n. (Scots) a military irregular or brigand. |
| VETERAN | • veteran n. A person with long experience of a particular activity. • veteran n. (Figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity. • veteran n. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also… |
| DIPTERAN | • dipteran n. (Entomology) An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly. • dipteran adj. (Entomology) Relating to or denoting dipterans. • DIPTERAN n. an insect of the order Diptera, a large order of two-winged insects including flies, gnats, mosquitoes, etc., also DIPTERON. |
| ISOPTERAN | • isopteran n. (Zoology) Any member of the infraorder Isoptera of termites. • ISOPTERAN n. any member of an order of insects, the termites, having the two pairs of wings (when present) closely alike. |
| HEMIPTERAN | • hemipteran adj. Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous. • hemipteran n. A hemipter. • HEMIPTERAN n. (Greek) one of the Hemiptera, an order of insects including bugs and cicadas, also HEMIPTER, HEMIPTERON. |
| HOMOPTERAN | • homopteran n. Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera. • HOMOPTERAN n. a member of the Homoptera, cicadas, froghoppers etc. |
| NONVETERAN | • nonveteran n. One who is not a veteran. • NONVETERAN adj. not veteran. • NONVETERAN n. one who is not a veteran. |
| CHIROPTERAN | • chiropteran n. (Zoology) Any mammal, of the order Chiroptera, that has forelimbs modified to form wings; a bat. • CHIROPTERAN n. a member of the Chiroptera, an order of mammals comprising the bats. |
| COLEOPTERAN | • coleopteran n. (Coleopterology) Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies. • COLEOPTERAN n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERON. |
| DERMAPTERAN | • dermapteran n. Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera; earwig. • DERMAPTERAN n. any insect of the order Dermaptera, the earwigs. |
| NEUROPTERAN | • neuropteran n. Any insect of the order Neuroptera, having four large and membranous wings. • NEUROPTERAN n. any of an order of insect including lacewing flies, also NEUROPTERON. |
| ORTHOPTERAN | • orthopteran n. (Zoology) Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera. • ORTHOPTERAN n. any member of the Orthoptera, an order of mandibulate insects, also ORTHOPTERON. |
| PLECOPTERAN | • plecopteran n. (Zoology) Any insect in the order Plecoptera, the stoneflies. • PLECOPTERAN n. a member of the Plecoptera, stoneflies. |
| TETRAPTERAN | • tetrapteran adj. Alternative form of tetrapterous. • TETRAPTERAN adj. having four wings, also TETRAPTEROUS. |
| DICTYOPTERAN | • dictyopteran n. Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids. • DICTYOPTERAN n. any insect of an order including cockroaches and mantises. |
| HETEROPTERAN | • heteropteran n. (Biology) Any of very many insects of the suborder Heteroptera. • HETEROPTERAN adj. relating to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc., also HETEROPTEROUS. • HETEROPTERAN n. a member of the Heteroptera. |
| HYMENOPTERAN | • hymenopteran n. (Entomology) Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc. • hymenopteran adj. (Entomology) Relating to or denoting hymenopterans. • HYMENOPTERAN n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERON. |
| LEPIDOPTERAN | • lepidopteran n. Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. • lepidopteran adj. Characteristic of these insects. • LEPIDOPTERAN n. an insect such as moth or butterfly, also LEPIDOPTERON. |
| TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| EPHEMEROPTERAN | • ephemeropteran n. (Zoology) Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies. • EPHEMEROPTERAN n. any insect of the mayfly family. |