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hippoboscid vs dipteron

dipteron vs hippoboscid

hippoboscid and dipteron both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hippoboscid Yes No No No
dipteron Yes No No No
As nouns, dipteron is a hypernym of hippoboscid; that is, dipteron is a word with a broader meaning than hippoboscid:
  • hippoboscid: bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
  • dipteron: 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 hippoboscid include dipteran, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.
hippoboscid (noun) dipteron (noun)
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals 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 hippoboscid and dipteron

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