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sciarid vs dipteran

dipteran vs sciarid

sciarid and dipteran both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sciarid Yes No No No
dipteran Yes No No No
As nouns, dipteran is a hypernym of sciarid; that is, dipteran is a word with a broader meaning than sciarid:
  • sciarid: minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
  • 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 sciarid include dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.
sciarid (noun) dipteran (noun)
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings 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 sciarid and dipteran

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