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mosquito vs dipteran

dipteran vs mosquito

mosquito and dipteran both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mosquito Yes No No No
dipteran Yes No No No
As nouns, dipteran is a hypernym of mosquito; that is, dipteran is a word with a broader meaning than mosquito:
  • mosquito: two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
  • dipteran: 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 mosquito include dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.
mosquito (noun) dipteran (noun)
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals 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 mosquito and dipteran

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