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hippoboscid vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs hippoboscid

hippoboscid and dipterous insect both are nouns.

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

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