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gall midge vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs gall midge

gall midge and dipterous insect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gall midge Yes No No No
dipterous insect Yes No No No
As nouns, dipterous insect is a hypernym of gall midge; that is, dipterous insect is a word with a broader meaning than gall midge:
  • gall midge: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
  • 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 gall midge include dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects.
gall midge (noun) dipterous insect (noun)
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants 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 gall midge and dipterous insect

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