Diptera (n)
order Diptera (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
def includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
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Hypernym animal order
Member holonym Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
Derivationally related form Diptera → dipterous
Member meronym dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron; Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae; Muscoidea, superfamily Muscoidea; Muscidae, family Muscidae; fly; Glossinidae, family Glossinidae; Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae; Tachinidae, family Tachinidae; Gasterophilidae, family Gasterophilidae; Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae; Oestridae, family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidae; Tabanidae, family Tabanidae; Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidae; Asilidae, family Asilidae; Trypetidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, family Trephritidae; Drosophilidae, family Drosophilidae; Hippoboscidae, family Hippoboscidae; Haematobia, genus Haematobia; Nematocera, suborder Nematocera; Simuliidae, family Simuliidae
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Derivationally related form dipterous → Diptera
Pertainym (pertains to noun) dipterous → Diptera
Hyponym animal order
Member meronym Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
Member holonym dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron; Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae; Muscoidea, superfamily Muscoidea; Muscidae, family Muscidae; fly; Glossinidae, family Glossinidae; Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae; Tachinidae, family Tachinidae; Gasterophilidae, family Gasterophilidae; Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae; Oestridae, family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidae; Tabanidae, family Tabanidae; Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidae; Asilidae, family Asilidae; Trypetidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, family Trephritidae; Drosophilidae, family Drosophilidae; Hippoboscidae, family Hippoboscidae; Haematobia, genus Haematobia; Nematocera, suborder Nematocera; Simuliidae, family Simuliidae

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