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NEMATOCERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
Synonyms:
Nematocera; suborder Nematocera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nematocera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Nematocera"):
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Ceratopogonidae; family Ceratopogonidae (biting midges; sand flies)
Chironomidae; family Chironomidae (midges)
family Mycetophylidae; Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats)
family Psychodidae; Psychodidae (very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies)
family Sciaridae; Sciaridae (fungus gnats)
family Tipulidae; Tipulidae (crane flies)
Holonyms ("Nematocera" is a member of...):
Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)
