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sciarid vs dipteron

dipteron vs sciarid

sciarid and dipteron both are nouns.

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

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