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nematocera


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nematocera  \Nem`a*toc"e*ra\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  ?,  a  thread 
  +  ke`ras  horn.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  suborder  of  dipterous  insects,  having  long  antenn[ae],  as 
  the  mosquito,  gnat,  and  crane  fly;  --  called  also  {Nemocera}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Nematocera 
  n  :  mosquitoes;  fungus  gnats;  crane  flies;  gnats;  sand  flies 
  [syn:  {Nematocera},  {suborder  Nematocera}] 




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