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daddy longlegs vs two-winged insects

two-winged insects vs daddy longlegs

daddy longlegs and two-winged insects both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
daddy longlegs Yes No No No
two-winged insects Yes No No No
As nouns, two-winged insects is a hypernym of daddy longlegs; that is, two-winged insects is a word with a broader meaning than daddy longlegs:
  • daddy longlegs: long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
  • two-winged insects: 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
Other hypernyms of daddy longlegs include dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect.
daddy longlegs (noun) two-winged insects (noun)
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite 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
spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
Difference between daddy longlegs and two-winged insects

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