English > Nematocera: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | mosquitoes; fungus ... / fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies. |
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Synonym | suborder Nematocera |
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Member of | Diptera, order Diptera | A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths |
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Members | Ceratopogonidae, family Ceratopogonidae | biting midges |
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Chironomidae, family Chironomidae | midges |
Culicidae, family Culicidae | mosquitoes |
Mycetophilidae, family Mycetophylidae | fungus gnats |
Psychodidae, family Psychodidae | Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter |
Sciaridae, family Sciaridae | fungus gnats |
Tipulidae, family Tipulidae | crane flies |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | Nematocera, nematóceros, suborden Nematocera |
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Catalan | nematòcers |
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