Definitions for dictyoptera
dic·ty·opter·a

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1. Dictyoptera, order Dictyopteranoun

   in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera

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1. dictyoptera

   Dictyoptera is an order or superorder of insects that includes three popular groups - cockroaches, mantids (praying mantises), and termites. These insects are all characterized by having two pairs of wings and undergo an incomplete metamorphosis (nymph stage) during their life cycle.

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1. Dictyoptera

   Dictyoptera is an insect superorder that includes two orders of polyneopterous insects - the termites and cockroaches along with the 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. It has usually been considered a superorder, with Isoptera, Blattaria and Mantodea being its three orders. In some classifications, however, Dictyoptera is shifted to order status and in others the class Isoptera has been subsumed under Blattaria while retaining Dictyoptera as a superorder. Regardless, in all classifications the constituent groups are the same, just treated at different rank. Termites and cockroaches are very closely related, with ecological and molecular data pointing to a relationship with the cockroach genus Cryptocercus. Based on genetic evidence, the closest living relatives of the Dictyoptera are the phasmids and the enigmatic groups Mantophasmatodea and Grylloblattodea. If the Dictyoptera are considered a superorder these three orders might be included in it.

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1. Dictyoptera

   an ordinal term applied to the roaches: also more generally, to the Orthoptera. {Scanner's comment: Roaches are now classed as Dictyoptera, and Orthoptera are now classed as distinct from Dictyoptera}

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dictyoptera in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dictyoptera in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikidata
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