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gallfly vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs gallfly

gallfly and dipterous insect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gallfly Yes No No No
dipterous insect Yes No No No
As nouns, dipterous insect is a hypernym of gallfly; that is, dipterous insect is a word with a broader meaning than gallfly:
  • gallfly: 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 gallfly include dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects.
gallfly (noun) dipterous insect (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 dipterous insect

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