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Meganeura
plural noun
Mega·neu·ra
Definition of Meganeura
: a genus of extinct insects (order Protodonata) that includes some with a wingspread of about three feet and that is known from the Upper Carboniferous of Commentry, France
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Origin and Etymology of meganeura
New Latin, from mega- + -neura
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