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    SUBORDER NEMATOCERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand fliesplay

    Synonyms:

    Nematocera; suborder Nematocera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("suborder Nematocera" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "suborder 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 ("suborder 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)

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