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louse fly vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs louse fly

louse fly and dipterous insect both are nouns.

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

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