protoblattoidea

\\ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷_blaˈtȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + Blatta + -oidea

: 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