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fruit fly vs two-winged insects

two-winged insects vs fruit fly

fruit fly and two-winged insects both are nouns.

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

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