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louse fly vs dipteron

dipteron vs louse fly

louse fly and dipteron both are nouns.

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

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