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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies;
[syn: Nematocera, suborder Nematocera]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nematocera \Nem`a*toc"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + ke`ras horn.] (Zool.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nematocera n 1: mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies [syn: Nematocera, suborder Nematocera]