Protoblattoidea

plural noun
Pro·​to·​blat·​toi·​dea

Definition of Protoblattoidea

: a polyphyletic group of extinct families of insects related to the Blattaria and Protorthoptera, known only from the Upper Carboniferous and Permian, and formerly regarded as an order

History and Etymology for Protoblattoidea

New Latin, from prot- + Blatta + -oidea

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