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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLANIPENNIA

Pla `ni *pen "ni *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. planus plane + penna wing. ] (Zoöl.)

 

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