- suborder Nematocera
- nounmosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies• Syn: ↑Nematocera• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera• Member Meronyms:
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suborder Nematocera
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Nematocera — noun mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies • Syn: ↑suborder Nematocera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera … Useful english dictionary
Nematocera — Nem a*toc e*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh matos, a thread + ke ras horn.] (Zo[ o]l.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antenn[ae], as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; called also {Nemocera}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nematocera — Nem·a·toc·era (nem″ə tosґər ə) [Gr. nēma thread + keras horn] a suborder of insects of the order Diptera, characterized by having antennae of many segments; it includes the gnats, mosquitoes, midges, black flies,… … Medical dictionary
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Fly — For other uses, see fly (disambiguation) and flies (disambiguation). Fly Temporal range: Middle Triassic Recent 245–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Diptera — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
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Psychodidae — noun very small two winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies • Syn: ↑family Psychodidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Nematocera, ↑suborder Nematocera … Useful english dictionary
