HyperDic: suborder_nematocera

English > 1 sense of the expression suborder Nematocera:
NOUNanimalsuborder Nematocera, Nematoceramosquitoes
English > suborder Nematocera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmosquitoes; fungus ... / fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies.
SynonymNematocera
Member ofDiptera, order DipteraA large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
MembersCeratopogonidae, family Ceratopogonidaebiting midges
Chironomidae, family Chironomidaemidges
Culicidae, family Culicidaemosquitoes
Mycetophilidae, family Mycetophylidaefungus gnats
Psychodidae, family PsychodidaeVery small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter
Sciaridae, family Sciaridaefungus gnats
Tipulidae, family Tipulidaecrane flies
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
SpanishNematocera, nematóceros, suborden Nematocera
Catalannematòcers

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