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brachyceran

brachyceran noun: any fly of the suborder Brachycera.

Noun

brachyceran (plural brachycerans)

  1. Any fly of the suborder Brachycera.
    • The investigations carried out by Bischoff on a considerable series of brachyceran heads led him to the conclusion that the mouth hooks of these Brachycera are the result of fusion of the maxillae with the mandibles.1947, Edwin Francis Cook, The Evolution of the Head in the Larvae of the Diptera, page 11
    • The fossil history of Chironominae and aquatic higher brachycerans is nearly unknown, and reported records in the literature need to be substantiated.2006, A.P. Rasnitsyn, History of Insects, page 418

Forms of brachyceran

pluralbrachycerans

Origin of brachyceran

From Brachycera + -an.

Questions about brachyceran

What does brachyceran mean?
Brachyceran means any fly of the suborder Brachycera.
What part of speech is brachyceran?
Brachyceran is a noun.
What is the plural of brachyceran?
The plural of brachyceran is brachycerans.

Words near brachyceran in the dictionary

  1. brachycephalizes
  2. brachycephalizing
  3. brachycephaloid
  4. brachycephalous
  5. brachycephaly
  6. brachyceran
  7. brachycerans
  8. brachycerid
  9. brachycerids
  10. brachychronic
  11. brachycladiid

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