Hypernym

animal order 1

noun

the order of animals

Member_meronym

Insecta 1

noun

insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

dipterous insect 1

noun

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

Cecidomyidae 1

noun

gall midges

Muscoidea 1

noun

two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

Muscidae 1

noun

two-winged flies especially the housefly

order Diptera 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

Synonyms

Diptera 1
a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

Member_holonym

Insecta 1

noun

insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

dipterous insect 1

noun

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

Cecidomyidae 1

noun

gall midges

Muscoidea 1

noun

two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

Muscidae 1

noun

two-winged flies especially the housefly