Planipennia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Planipennia \Pla`ni*pen"ni*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. planus plane
     + penna wing.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad,
     flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also
     {Planipennes}.
     [1913 Webster]