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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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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member holonym
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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