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robber fly vs two-winged insects

two-winged insects vs robber fly

robber fly and two-winged insects both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
robber fly Yes No No No
two-winged insects Yes No No No
As nouns, two-winged insects is a hypernym of robber fly; that is, two-winged insects is a word with a broader meaning than robber fly:
  • robber fly: swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
  • two-winged insects: 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 robber fly include dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect.
robber fly (noun) two-winged insects (noun)
swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing 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 robber fly and two-winged insects

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