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fruit fly vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs fruit fly

fruit fly and dipterous insect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fruit fly Yes No No No
dipterous insect Yes No No No
As nouns, dipterous insect is a hypernym of fruit fly; that is, dipterous insect is a word with a broader meaning than fruit fly:
  • fruit fly: any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
  • dipterous insect: 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 fruit fly include dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects.
fruit fly (noun) dipterous insect (noun)
any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits 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
Difference between fruit fly and dipterous insect

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