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Dipterous insect Uncommon

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Noun
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insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
insect
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
gall midge fly robber fly fruit fly louse fly mosquito gnat fungus gnat crane fly
Rhyming Words
ect dect fect tect lect hect sect exect elect spect eject object inject adject advect expect resect adlect detect aspect
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