The name of the insect order to which they both belong is Neuroptera, from neuron, a nerve, and pteron-who remembers what pteron means?
"The Insect Folk"
Margaret Warner Morley
As the operation really consists in cutting down upon, and afterwards excising a portion of the nerve, the modern appellation of neurectomy-from the Greek neuron, a nerve; and tome, a cutting, signifying the cutting out of a nerve or the portion of a nerve-is far more suitable.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Harry Caulton Reeks
These collateral branches, by distributing themselves in a manner similar to the main fiber, greatly extend the influence of a single neuron.
"Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools"
Francis M. Walters, A.M.