'Platyptera' definitions:

Definition of 'Platyptera'

From: GCIDE
  • Platyptera \Pla*typ"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? broad + ? a wing.] (Zool.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla). [1913 Webster]