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nematoceran

nematoceran adjective: of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges.

Adjective

nematoceran (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges.

Noun

nematoceran (plural nematocerans)

  1. Any fly of the Nematocera

Forms of nematoceran

pluralnematocerans

Origin of nematoceran

From translingual Nematocera + -an.

Questions about nematoceran

What does nematoceran mean?
Nematoceran means of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges.
What part of speech is nematoceran?
Nematoceran can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nematoceran in the dictionary

  1. nematoblast
  2. nematoblastic
  3. nematoblasts
  4. nematocalyces
  5. nematocalyx
  6. nematoceran
  7. nematocerans
  8. nematocerous
  9. nematocidal
  10. nematocide
  11. nematocides

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