1) Animal order 2) Order mecoptera 
Mecoptera (from the Greek: meco- = `long`, -ptera = `wings`) are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. Mecoptera are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals that look similar to the stinger of a scorpion. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, a...
[n] - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
the Mecoptera (or Scorpionflies) are an Order of insects containing around 300 species worldwide.
order Mecoptera noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip