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gall midge vs two-winged insects

two-winged insects vs gall midge

gall midge and two-winged insects both are nouns.

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

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