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mosquito vs dipterous insect

dipterous insect vs mosquito

mosquito and dipterous insect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mosquito Yes No No No
dipterous insect Yes No No No
As nouns, dipterous insect is a hypernym of mosquito; that is, dipterous insect 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
  • 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 mosquito include dipteran, dipteron, two-winged insects.
mosquito (noun) dipterous insect (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 dipterous insect

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