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brachycerans

brachycerans is the plural of brachyceran.

Meaning of brachyceran

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

Questions about brachycerans

What is brachycerans the plural of?
Brachycerans is the plural of brachyceran.

Words near brachycerans in the dictionary

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

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