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gallfly vs dipteran

dipteran vs gallfly

gallfly and dipteran both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gallfly Yes No No No
dipteran Yes No No No
As nouns, dipteran is a hypernym of gallfly; that is, dipteran is a word with a broader meaning than gallfly:
  • gallfly: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
  • dipteran: 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 gallfly include dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.
gallfly (noun) dipteran (noun)
any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed 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
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
Difference between gallfly and dipteran

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